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.
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
LEAF-ing much to the imagination, this camera trickery is blooming marvellous .