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.
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .
This longhorn beetle demon-strates a dark side as it looks just like the devil .