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 .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
SPARKLING bright inside their box, it’s hard to believe these diamonds are made from the cremated remains of the deceased .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH AR' KID: A POSTAL SORTER has perfected the art of time travel by delivering images that are from the past .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .