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.
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
