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.
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .
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STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
An Australian beach is illuminated by an enticing neon blue glow as a rare phenomenon lights up the water .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .