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..
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
STOLEN £2K BULLDOG REUNITED WITH FAMILY VIA TWITTER - A £2,000 bulldog puppy snatched from her home by burglars has been reunited with her family thanks to Twitter .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .