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.
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A proud gorilla mum welcomes her newborn baby western lowland gorilla, a critically endangered species .
FROM the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex, these stunning photographs capture the spectacular beauty of Great Britain .
A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .