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.
15-foot-long great white sharks on the hunt, in False Bay, South Africa - SHOCK and awe pictures of 15-foot-long great whites on the hunt will leave you stunned .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
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 .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .
