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.
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .
It's incredible to think anyone could live in such horrendous squalor - yet two men have been prosecuted for keeping their homes in such revolting conditions that it was no longer fit for their animals .
A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
This tranquil setting stretches for miles as the sun sets behind the mountain .
With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .
These uninvited guests ELEPHANTLY make their annual trip through the reception of this welcoming lodge .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
A couple celebrated tying the knot with a spectacular Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding reception .