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.
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
RACING down the slopes in her tiny ski gear, this TWO-YEAR-OLD girl has already mastered the art of skiing .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .