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..
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - WAVE-ING GOODBYE TO RUSH HOUR: WHILE most workers endure commuting chaos by road or rail everyday, one entrepreneur has come up with a novel way to get to the office - by KAYAK .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
COVERING themselves in ash and face paint, these are the holy men who live their lives away from everyday society .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .