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..
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .