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..
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .