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.
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
A little clownfish opens its mouth to reveal a blood sucking intruder living on its tongue .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
BEAUTIFULLY lit by the dim glow of lanterns, a cave in Iceland is transformed into the perfect wedding venue .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .