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..
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
THIS is the awesome moment an Osprey catches its prey travelling at 50mph, giving new meaning to FAST FOOD .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
