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.
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
PEACE and love filled the 1980’s Glastonbury fields as relaxed festival goers kicked back and soaked up the atmosphere .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
A pair of BEAUTIFUL rescue sea turtles spot their catch in the waters of the Great Barrier Reef .
A doting seal smiles at her sweet little pup as she tickles its tummy on the beach .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
WELCOME to the 125 decibel boombox bus that could damage your hearing if you party too close to its giant speakers .