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..
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
A toddler has shrugged off death an incredible 10 times thanks to his parents who revive him with the kiss of life every two weeks .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .