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Intricate Ice Patterns
2008.02.24
It started out being a normal winter hike with leftover snow on the ground. Then I looked more closely...
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It started out being a normal winter hike with leftover snow on the ground. Then I looked more closely...
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A thin layer of ice remained on top of the grass.
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A thin layer of ice remained on top of the grass.
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At 38 degrees, I thought all the ice would have melted, but small patches remained.
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At 38 degrees, I thought all the ice would have melted, but small patches remained.
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This is a fragile sculpture reaching across a crook of a tree.
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This is a fragile sculpture reaching across a crook of a tree.
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This is a whimsical covering over seed pods.
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This is a whimsical covering over seed pods.
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The most extraordinary ice patterns were on (and barely touching) the raspberry branches.
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The most extraordinary ice patterns were on (and barely touching) the raspberry branches.
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This Queen Anne's Lace is all tangled up in ice.
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This Queen Anne's Lace is all tangled up in ice.
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The ice was so thin here that it folded at the end.
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The ice was so thin here that it folded at the end.
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I can't figure out how these slivers of ice are hanging on!
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I can't figure out how these slivers of ice are hanging on!
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This formation is on a pine tree.
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This formation is on a pine tree.
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How this ice kept intact is beyond me. Just a touch and it would shatter on the ground.
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How this ice kept intact is beyond me. Just a touch and it would shatter on the ground.
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This formation stood straight up on top of a tree trunk and was only 1/8 inch thick.
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This formation stood straight up on top of a tree trunk and was only 1/8 inch thick.
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Here the ice reaches across a hollow tree trunk.
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Here the ice reaches across a hollow tree trunk.
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I went for a hike at Armentrout Preserve in Whitpain Township (PA), a 56 acre tract of land owned by the Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association and Whitpain Township. What a wonderful surprise I had when I discovered all the tiny, glass-like sheets of ice throughout the site.