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.
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
Pic By Graham Gibson/ HotSpot Media - SHARK HYPNOTIST BALANCES SHARK IN PALM OF HIS HAND- In Pic - Diver Tom and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas- A SHARK hypnotist balances these predators in the palm of his hand by sending them to sleep with a gentle nose rub .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
A pair of adorable polar bear cubs play-fight with each other in the Alaskan snow .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .