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.
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
The gunslingers are long gone and tumbleweeds have taken over at this abandoned American Wild West Theme Park in Cornwall .
The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
This was the chaotic scene when the driver of a 4x4 vehicle became periously trapped under his vehicle for an HOUR when it overturned after a crash on a busy motorway .
Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .