SMOKE ART

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.

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SLEEPY GROUNDHOG

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SUPER FROG - FLYING FROGS TAKE OFF

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CAT RIPS OFF OWN EARS DUE TO UNTREATED CANCER

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SPELLBINDING ENGLISH STAR TRAILS

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THIRSTY SQUIRREL TAKES A BREAK

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SERENE ICEBERGS

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SEALED WITH A BUBBLE KISSED

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CATERPILLAR AND MANTIS BATTLE IT OUT

A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .

ADORABLE POLAR BEAR CUBS PLAY-FIGHT IN THE SNOW

A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .

FIGHTING FOXES

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