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 BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
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 .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
