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..
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .