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 ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
