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.
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A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
From the rolling hills of the Brecon Beacons to the still waters in the Lake District, these photographs capture autumnal landscapes across Great Britain perfectly .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
