MESMERISING FUNGI
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet. These mesmorising pictures, however, capture the beautiful variety of fungi here on Earth. The incredible images were taken by Australian photographer Stephen Axford, 62, after he became familiar with the importance of fungi in everyday life, and decided to document it twelve years ago..
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FIGHTING FOXES
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MYSTERY OF THE CROOKED COTTAGE
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THE UNDERWATER WONDERLAND
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SWIMMING WITH WHALE SHARKS
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
HUNDREDS OF HOT AIR BALLOONS DECORATE TURKISH SKY
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