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..
BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .