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.
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
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 .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .
