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.
LINED up one by one on a deer’s back, these little birds give their wings a break as they catch a ride across London .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
A HEIGHT-addicted airline pilot has taken pictures of the Dubai from 1,300-feet .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
Gigantic 100ft waves create the perfect playground for dare-devil surfers from across the world .
