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..
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
Megan Brailsford, 32, from Cambridgeshire, met Daniel Dugdale, 29, in September 2020 .
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SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .