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.
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .