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..
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
GLIDING through the water, these delightful frogs show off their vibrant colours as they practice their FROG crawl .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
WHETHER FLOATING through space or diving underwater, a lucky baby boy enjoys once in a life time experiences - in his DREAMS .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .