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..
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
These beautiful photographs show how these playful pods of dolphins make their own fun by gliding, flipping and spinning through the air whilst enjoying the sun on their backs .