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.
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
From vibrant blues to dazzling oranges, these eye catching hummingbirds proudly show off their impressive colours .
Jostling their quills into the noses of some unlucky cubs, this is the moment two feisty porcupines ALMOST defeat a pride of seven lions .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .