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..
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .