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 photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
PERCHING on the edge of a flower, these loved-up caterpillars can't resist each other as they enjoy a romantic moment together .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
