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 BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .
A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
PAWS for thought as you feast your eyes on this rare bear bathing session .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
A young orangutan comes over all shy as she hides her face behind a broken bucket .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
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