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.
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
AN ARRAY of colours, from pinks to blues and oranges, fill the night sky to create an amazing collection of interstellar patterns .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .