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..
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
A makeup artist from the West Midlands magically transforms herself into famous cartoon characters using body paint .
THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .
FROM a HOLLYWOOD actress to the face of an innocent child, these are incredible drawings with an unlikely twist .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .