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.
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
TOWERING 65 metres into the sky, this terrifying accent is a dream for climbers .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .