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.
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .
If you tune into primetime coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games, you’re most likely going to see London’s new Aquatic Center from many angles as athletes from all around the globe compete for the top spot on the podium .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .