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 grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
