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..
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
