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..
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .