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.
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
SLEEPING within touching distance of wild African animals might not be everyone's idea of a relaxing break .