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.
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
A couple celebrated tying the knot with a spectacular Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding reception .
SAILING over crystal clear waters, the Bajau people of Malaysia live their lives almost entirely at SEA .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
Clinging on to their furry backs, mischievous monkeys appeared to enjoy the free transport as they rode around on a perturbed Capybara .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .