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.
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
Say cheese! This cheeky chappy isn’t in the mood to live up to his scary reputation as he is pictured here cracking a killer smile as he goes about his daily business .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .