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..
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
This was the chaotic scene when the driver of a 4x4 vehicle became periously trapped under his vehicle for an HOUR when it overturned after a crash on a busy motorway .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .