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.
A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
ARMED with her camera, bikini and flippers, this brave diver goes swimming with SHARKS .
A NINJA red squirrel cuts a dashing figure as the little fella jumps up to ten-feet between treetops in the Yorkshire Dales .
Fishermen in Myanmar have perfected an unusual fishing technique by carefully balancing on one leg .