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.
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
WELCOME to the 125 decibel boombox bus that could damage your hearing if you party too close to its giant speakers .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .