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..
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
WEARING tiny Christmas accessories, these adorable babies get into the spirit of the season .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
