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 brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
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 .
An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
FROM KISSING an alligator on the nose to walking over broken glass, this fearless daredevil is a real life female JACKASS .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .