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 pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .