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.
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
Clinging on to their furry backs, mischievous monkeys appeared to enjoy the free transport as they rode around on a perturbed Capybara .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
