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.
DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
If you tune into primetime coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games, you’re most likely going to see London’s new Aquatic Center from many angles as athletes from all around the globe compete for the top spot on the podium .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
The aurora lights captured in Blair Nebraska, America - WITH electrifying purple and illuminous green brightening up the night sky, this is the rare moment a flash of 'sprite' lightening was captured on camera .
A frilled lizard appears to be belting out a tune as it sits in a tree with its mouth open wide .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
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 .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .