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..
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
POPE MOBBED BY THOUSANDS OF WORSHIPPERS IN RIO - Thousands of worshippers gather to celebrate the Papal visit on Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro ,Brazil .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .