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.
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
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A Cheryl Fernandez-Versini lookalike has slammed skinny-shamers, after seeing her celebrity doppelganger abused for her tiny frame .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .
When mum-of-three Becky Tully was told she couldn’t have any more children due to health reasons, she refused to give up on having the little girl she had always wanted .
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She was recently named Best Dressed Woman in a new list and is regarded as one of the most stylish women in the world .
A woman has spoken of her heartbreak after she was rejected by an adoption agency because of her pregnancy phobia .
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A woman has told how her addiction to eating bath bubbles during her pregnancy was better than SEX .
A psychology student from California looks so much like Game of Thrones' Jon Snow that he is mobbed by fans of the fantasy show .