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.
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
GIANT garden sculptures don't beat about the bush .
Staring death in the face, a little field mouse bravely confronts a hungry cat .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .