With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet. These mesmorising pictures, however, capture the beautiful variety of fungi here on Earth. The incredible images were taken by Australian photographer Stephen Axford, 62, after he became familiar with the importance of fungi in everyday life, and decided to document it twelve years ago..
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .