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.
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
RACING down the slopes in her tiny ski gear, this TWO-YEAR-OLD girl has already mastered the art of skiing .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
SITTING on a burning sofa unable to move, one man turns his terrifying dreams into reality .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .