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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An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
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POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .
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Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
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MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
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Throwing their arms up in the air, these energetic squirrels play a game of ball with a walnut .
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