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 diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .