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.
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .
