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.
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
Like a scene from a fairytale, THOUSANDS of fireflies create an enchanting glow as they dance in a forest .
