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.
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .