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 German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
SURROUNDED by divers, a hungry green sea turtle enjoys being the centre of attention .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH AR' KID: A POSTAL SORTER has perfected the art of time travel by delivering images that are from the past .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .