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.
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A Romanian photographer has captured the unique patterns of hundreds of human eyes in a series of striking macro shots .
MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters .
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LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .
THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .