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 rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
Clinging on to their furry backs, mischievous monkeys appeared to enjoy the free transport as they rode around on a perturbed Capybara .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .
WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .