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 host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
With stunning scenery and otherworldly vistas, Iceland’s rural beauty is inescapable – especially for Hollywood .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .