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 BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
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 .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .