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.
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .
The rock restaurant, located in Zanzibar – THIS unique restaurant really does boast breath-taking views - as it is perched on a rock in the middle of the sea .
THESE are the Disney Princesses you wouldn't want to run into in a dark alley .
WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .