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.
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
A KITTEN'S teaparty and rat's playing dominoes are the bizarre creations by one of Britain's great eccentrics pictured in an incredible new book .
LIFTING their heads high and bumping beaks, these aggressive pelicans clash over fish .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
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 .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .