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.
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .