A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it. Pictured under the winter sun, the bubbles glow as sunlight bounces off their surface. Photographer Hope Thurston Carter captured the images after blowing the soap bubbles on several freezing days in Michigan. The 52-year-old, of Martin, Michigan, says: 'I got the idea to blow bubbles outside in the winter after I saw several similar photos on the internet.
HUNDREDS of hot air balloons decorate the sky above Turkey as the rising sun illuminates the spectacular scenery below .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
