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.
SAT ON top of a Brazilian turtle’s head, this little ladybird looks content as he studies his environment from a new height .
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 .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
Ever wished you could live in a house just like Barbie's? Canadian sculptor Heather Benning has created the life-size dollhouse of her dreams out a derelict building .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
An adorable orangutan named Pongo celebrates his first birthday at Zoo Atlanta, Georgia, America .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
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 .
WELCOME to what could be the world's tallest TOTALLY wooden construction .
LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .