SMOKE ART

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.

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KUNG-FU LEOPARD CUBS

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PLAYFUL TIGERS GET UP TO MISCHIEF

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MILLIONS OF LUMINOUS FISH DWARF DIVERS

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MINI WONDERS OF THE WORLD

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FIRST FEMALE JACKASS

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AMAZING ROBOTIC SCULPTURES

ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .

OWLS ARE MASTERS OF DISGUISE IN INDIAN FOREST

HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .

SECRET POOL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT

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THE UNDERWATER WONDERLAND

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