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.
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
A diver attempts to control rising numbers of lionfish by feeding the venomous species to Caribbean reef sharks .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
WITH LUSH GREEN LANDSCAPES stretching out as far as the eye can see, you're in for a treat at these one of a kind treehouses .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
Dogs catch waves at the Coronado Bay dog surf championships Saturday 22nd June 2013- DOG SURFING mutts have never looked so gnarly .
They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for this greedy camel he can't get enough of his morning feed, as he gate crashes his owner's mealtime .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .