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 .
FROM a Kung-Fu professional to a mini incredible hulk, these are the babies you wouldn't want to mess with .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
A couple celebrated tying the knot with a spectacular Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding reception .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .