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..
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .
This may look like a monster car engine that will leave petrol heads in a spin, but it is in fact a rather snazzy looking COFFEE MACHINE .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .