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..
The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
A British photographer has captured the beauty of London in a stunning series of landscapes shots .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .