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..
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .