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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WITHOUT A care in the world, this little snow monkey puts his feet up and settles in for a snooze .
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BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
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Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
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