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.
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
BALANCING on top of a tree, this bear cub puts her climbing skills to the test .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
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An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .