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.
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .