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 GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
JUDGE BLASTED FOR LETTING PAEDO WALK FREE A PERVERT who sexually assaulted two young girls on an allotment, telling them he was brushing spiders off them, has walked free from court – because jailing him was ‘unfair’ on his family .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
THIS unique holiday accommodation allows you to enjoy a full Flintstones experience .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .