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.
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
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 .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
