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.
Destroyed buildings and overturned cars are seen after a huge tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, near Oklahoma City, May 20, 2013 .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
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Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
An intrepid explorer hopes to be reunited with his travel partner, after his cuddly toy companion was stolen .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
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ESCAPING A LANDFILL FUTURE, these amazing science fiction inspired sculptures are made from everyday objects .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .