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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COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .
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A couple have tied the knot in a spectacular Harry Potter-themed wedding which cost £45,000 .
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A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
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RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .