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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FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
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Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .
A fox takes a tumble and lands on his head when he tries to fend off a pair of eagles in Japan .
YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .