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.
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
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A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
Megan Brailsford, 32, from Cambridgeshire, met Daniel Dugdale, 29, in September 2020 .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .