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..
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
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IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .