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.
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
Megan Brailsford, 32, from Cambridgeshire, met Daniel Dugdale, 29, in September 2020 .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .