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.
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .