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..
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .