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..
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .