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..
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .