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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Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
