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.
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .
HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .
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AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A small Indian monkey is seemingly gob-smacked after reading the latest stock market news .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
