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.
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .
IT'S the iconic TV show that influenced a whole generation in the 1990s .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .