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.
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WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
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An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
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A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .
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MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
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