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..
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .