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.
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .