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.
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
A TEN-THOUSAND square foot wide Avatar-style grove is such a beauty it will leave you feeling VINE .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
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