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..
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .