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..
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .