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 fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
Full of tired and busy commuters, these underground stations are rarely admired for their architecture or beauty .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
A unique business in Birkenhead, Merseyside is sure to leave you HALF-CUT with its unusual pub and barbers combination .
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 .