MESMERISING FUNGI

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..

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HUNGRY WHITE-TAILED KITE

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MILEY MASH-UP

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ADORABLE DOLPHINS VISIT AUSTRALIAN BEACH FOR BREAKFAST

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CHEEKY CHIPMUNK

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ABANDONED CALIFORNIAN GOLD RUSH TOWN

A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .

FISH AND BIRD TANGO

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JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE

JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .

STUNNING ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE

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BABY ELEPHANT HAS FUN IN THE SUN

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