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.
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .
A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
