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.
Meet the human CCTV: a PCSO with a memory for faces so sharp he has apprehended more than 130 suspects in the last year alone with his eagle eyed talents .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
With one hand rested on his belly and the other propping his head up, this lazy lizard takes an afternoon break .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .