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.
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
THIS may look like a dolphin through jumping hoops, but it is in fact nothing more than a clever 3D pencil drawing .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .