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.
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
WHETHER FLOATING through space or diving underwater, a lucky baby boy enjoys once in a life time experiences - in his DREAMS .
INSIDE Britain's last Naval hospital where scurvy was cured looks like an NHS time capsule .
From foster care to the MAGICAL world of cosplay, a young girl’s dreams become reality after being adopted by a photography loving couple .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .