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 hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
A tiny puppy who lost his front legs after being hit by a train has been given and new LEASH of life with a set of wheels .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
STAIRWAY obsessed photographers have captured psychedelic shots that will mesmerise you .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
