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.
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
This cheeky chappie is getting into all kinds of monkey business as he enjoys cooling off on a scorching hot day .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .