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.
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .