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 fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
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 .