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.
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .