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.
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
EXPERTLY camouflaged, this clever panther chameleon knows how to catch its prey by surprise .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH AR' KID: A POSTAL SORTER has perfected the art of time travel by delivering images that are from the past .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
FROM a HOLLYWOOD actress to the face of an innocent child, these are incredible drawings with an unlikely twist .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .