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 once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A cheeky owl fancies a game of hide and seek as it peeps out from behind a tree .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
VIBRANT bursts of colour fill the screen as beautiful flowers blossom in these time-lapse videos .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
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WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .