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.
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
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 .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
