PATTERNS of colourful swirls and twirls of smoke help to create these imaginative spellbinding photographs. The hypnotic and psychedelic images were created by American psychologist Mark Scalco, 49, who refers to his work as 'smokreations'. 'I've always enjoyed the patterns made by kaleidoscopes or some geometric screen-savers,' says Mark, of Durham, North Carolina. 'I remember as a kid looking for shapes in clouds and smoke.
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .