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..
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
WELCOME to the 125 decibel boombox bus that could damage your hearing if you party too close to its giant speakers .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .