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..
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .