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.
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
IN a galaxy not so far away lies a magical display of lights that could be the latest image from NASA .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
