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.
HOPPING onto the scales, these adorable baby Humboldt penguins are ready for their first weigh-in .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
RESTING his weary head on his flipper, this little seal pup takes a much needed nap after an afternoon of strenuous yoga .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .