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.
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
This hungry white tiger has just one thing on her mind - to taste fresh meat .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
This cheeky macaque gets up close and personal as he examines the dental hygiene of his fellow primate .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .