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.
It’s a role reversal in the Visayan Sea as HUNDREDS of tiny, glistening eggs are carried around inside the mouth of their cardinalfish father .
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
With their guts spewing and eyes hanging out, these are the cuddly toys children might be reluctant to curl up to .
A BIKINI swim with jellyfish sounds like the most painful past-time on the planet .
CLIMBING, falling and tugging on his weary mum, this little orangutan is up to all kinds of trouble .
A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
Suspended FIFTY metres in the air, this is the last place that you would expect to find a fine dining experience .
STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .
These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .