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 little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
LIKE SUPERMAN carrying a slimy Lois Lane through the air this frog is treating its mate to a flying lesson .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .