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.
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
A curious red squirrel takes a break from collecting nuts and tries her hand at photography .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
