MESMERISING FUNGI

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..

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FLAMINGOS from above look like the pink algae they eat .

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AMAZING AURORA BOREALIS

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SCOTTISH COUPLE MARRY INSIDE BEAUTIFUL ICELANDIC CAVE

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DARK DISNEY

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ADORABLE OWL EMBRACES THE 'RUNNING MAN' CHALLENGE

SKIPPING on the spot, an adorable little owl embraces the 'running man' challenge .

TUNNEL FOR VICTORY

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ADORABLE EXOTIC KITTENS AT NASHVILLE ZOO

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ABANDONED WILD WEST THEME PARK

The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .

CALAMITY AIRSTRIP 15 YEARS ON

FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .

BRITISH COUPLE FIRST TO TIE THE KNOT INSIDE A GLACIER

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