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..
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
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 .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .