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..
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .