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 middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
From the rolling hills of the Brecon Beacons to the still waters in the Lake District, these photographs capture autumnal landscapes across Great Britain perfectly .