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 - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
RACING down the slopes in her tiny ski gear, this TWO-YEAR-OLD girl has already mastered the art of skiing .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .