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.
An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .
If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .
Pictures of John Anslow a prisoner who escaped from a prison escort van in North Worcestershire Monday, 23 January .
LEAPING through the air this determined little mouse is on a mission for food .
In the calm waters of Greenland, gigantic icebergs dwarf everything around them .
MEET the underwater British seal who is so friendly he loves to grapple divers like a friendly puppy dog .
N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .
WENDY Randall, 16, from Kent is now training to be a bodybuilder after recovering from anorexia .
While often referred to as the kings of the jungle, gorillas - for all their might - are notorious hydrophobes .
Vikki Jose, 26 loves nothing more than lavishing gifts on her loved ones at Christmas time .
Gabrielle Dale, 26, was subjected to seven years of coercive control and physical abuse at the hands of her violent boyfriend Sean Owen, 29 .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .