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.
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .
Complete with core, mantle and crust, these incredible planet cakes are truly out of this world .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .
Megan Brailsford, 32, from Cambridgeshire, met Daniel Dugdale, 29, in September 2020 .
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 German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .
An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .
TUGGING on the wing of his sibling, this needy owl is after some attention .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
THIS DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .