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.
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A little caterpillar fearlessly scampers down a branch and confronts a praying mantis .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .
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A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
Scurrying along the branch of a tree, a little squirrel pushes a pram packed full of Easter treats .