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..
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
CARRYING a fully grown goat on his back, this five-year-old boy is a child shepherd in the mountains of northern Ethiopia .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .