MESMERISING FUNGI

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..

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SINGING STOAT

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STUNNING AURORA BOREALIS REFLECTED IN ICELAND

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MILLIONS OF SARDINES CREATE A TORNADO WAVE

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INDONESIAN TRIBE UNTOUCHED BY MODERN LIFE

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CRICKET FINDS AN UNUSUAL SEAT

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TEMPLE OF ZOOM

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SWALLOW WHOLE - YOUNG BIRD ENJOYS DINNER TIME

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THE MILLION DOLLAR CARAVAN

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