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.
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
A baby sperm whale assumed the role of a friendly giant when faced with two awestruck divers .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH AR' KID: A POSTAL SORTER has perfected the art of time travel by delivering images that are from the past .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .