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 disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .