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 young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
The dog having been pulled from the car - A police officer smashed a window in the blue Chrysler car to free the dog which was in visible distress .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .