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.
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A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
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Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
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 .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .