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..
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
PEACE and love filled the 1980’s Glastonbury fields as relaxed festival goers kicked back and soaked up the atmosphere .
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
