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.
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
BOXING DAY has come early for this pair of feisty squirrels, as their Christmas party quickly turns sour .
This frozen lighthouse in Michigan could easily be mistaken for a still from the snow swept disaster movie The Day After Tomorrow .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
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