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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INCREDIBLE FOG CREATES GLOWING LANDSCAPES OVER TAIWAN

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WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS DIVE

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MAN AND TOY PIG SEARCH WORLD FOR MISSING CUDDLY COMPANION

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THE ENCHANTING FOREST OF FIREFLIES

WITH the phosphorescent blobs and mesmerising patterns, these spectacular images may look like the hall marks of an enchanted forest but it is in fact the scene of thousands of dancing FIREFLIES .

ABANDONED TAVERN AND FARM SHOP

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WHITE TAILED EAGLES FIGHT FOR FOOD

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SINGING STOAT

MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .

ELECTROSENSITIVITY: USING AN IPAD COULD MAKE ME MISCARRY AGAIN

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