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.
DIPPING his head into the vase of water, this little squirrel takes a refreshing break from an afternoon of eating .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
SWIMMING next to 40 tonne whales, dare-devil divers take the plunge with these gentle giants of the sea .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .