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..
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
LOCATIONS bursting with vibrant greens and chestnut browns, these photographs capture the peaceful English countryside in all its glory .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .