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 SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
SHOWING off her best assets for the camera, this cheeky orangutan is in the mood for love, puckering up her lips to blow the biggest kiss she can .
