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 frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
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 .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
Hot on the heels of a little rabbit, this cheetah is on a mission to catch his prey .