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 brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .
A WIMBLEDON-mad couple will be creating a racket this summer - after installing a TENNIS COURT in their living room .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .