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 middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS - 250 DRIVERS ARRESTED FOR STREET RACING IN BIRMINGHAM- In Pic - The start line on the Heartlands Parkway Nechels Birmingham .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .