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.
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .
SPURTING water 20ft into the air, this is one well you wouldn't want to dip your bucket into .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
DIPPING and diving their way through this bumpy journey, these giraffe's duck for cover as they dodge multiple cables and wires .
AN OLD ENGLISH cottage packed full of history and valuables has been left to rot .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
This starling and prairie dog will not back down an inch as they have a fearsome stand-off over who gets to eat a nut .
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 .
WIDE EYED and staring straight down the lens of the camera, this intrigued seal is ready for his close up .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .