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.
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .