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.
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
From giant mountains to vast deserts, an American photographer spent a year capturing the diverse and beautiful landscape of the United States .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .