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 hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .