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.
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .