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.
Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .
THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .
Swimming side by side with divers, these manatees will do anything they can to stay warm .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
COULD this be the most distastrous wedding cake fail EVER? Most brides opt for a traditional tiered white wedding cake decorated with delicate pink roses and lace for their big day .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .
MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
FLAUNTING its new accessory, a fashionable green dumpy tree frog poses for the camera while wearing a SNAIL as a hat .