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.
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
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STEPFORD wives from the 1950's and 60's are performing history's most sexist exercise programme .
VENTURING into the ocean with self-made spears and nets, the fishermen of Zanzibar put their lives on the line when they catch food for their families .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
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