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Ice Crystals on Columns of Thin Ice

The formation of ice crystals require special winter conditions. Freezing cold and water are basic ingredients. Temperature and humidity determine crystalline forms.

Ice crystals are solid ice.  The shapes that are formed include columns, needles, plates and dendrites. In this art piece horizontal needle-like crystals project off columns of thin ice

On the day I photographed the image, the conditions were ripe. A  “bad” snowstorm in February 2016 with 8-12 inches of snow, was followed by a Valentines day of zero degrees Fahrenheit, and then followed a day later by a day with temperatures reaching 40 degrees Fahrenheit.  Ice ponds with transparent and often cracked thin ice could be found all over the park  As I looked more closely at these ice ponds with my macro lens – my breath was taken away by the geometric forms of nature.

Just a click of the camera and a moment of time in nature, likely never to surface again, was captured.

Related categories:  forces, shape, units to unity, time, bonds and connections, forces, water theme