SMOKE ART

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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ABANDONED CARE HOME LIES FORGOTTEN

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STUNNING SUMATRAN TIGER CAUSES A SPLASH

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MONSTROUS WAVES DWARF DARE-DEVIL SURFERS

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N-ICE ICE BABY: AMAZING SKIING 2YR OLD

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FROG FRIENDS

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BENGAL TIGER PLANS ATTACK ON UNSUSPECTING DEER

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BIRD ATTACK

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CHEEKY GORILLA

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CHEEKY WHITE TIGER CUB

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GOOGLEMAP WHALESHARKS

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