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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CHEEKY MONKEY COOLS OFF IN APRIL SHOWERS

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CAVE ROOM HOTEL

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MESMERISING FIELD PATTERNS

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ABANDONED WILD WEST THEME PARK

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SUPER FROG - FLYING FROGS TAKE OFF

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ANGRY GIRAFFE DESTROYS BIKE

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HUNDREDS OF HOT AIR BALLOONS DECORATE TURKISH SKY

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TROUBLESOME PYLON MEETS EXPLOSIVE END

THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .

ENGLISH SEASIDE SPLIT SHOTS

From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .

MICROBES OR FLAMINGOS

FLAMINGOS from above look like the pink algae they eat .

WAVING SEAL PUP

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