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.
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .