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.
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
WELCOME to the Temple of Zoom where you can “experience” sliding down a Mayan temple into shark infested waters .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .