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 .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
