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.
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
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 .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
