Ice Crystals

[CrispyBee]

I initially dismissed this frozen puddle, thinking it's too 'bubbly' and messy looking - but on closer inspection those "bubbles" were actually crystals - or more accurately multiple layers of crystals (some of them growing sideways) which are most likely the result of multiple cycles of freezing and thawing.










In the nearby woods there were a couple of interesting leaves and pinecones with pretty crystals:








All shot with the Laowa 90mm 2.8 + circular polariser on the Sony A6700...

...and mittens.

[WojTek]

very nice especially photo 3

[CrispyBee]

very nice especially photo 3

Thank you!

It's actually a bit weird, these underlying layers look a bit "muddy" or even out of focus when their structures get too small on-screen. This would probably work a lot better as a big print

[rjlittlefield]

Really nice! Photo #3 is best for me too.

I am always impressed by the variety of crystal shapes for ice. Huge differences "as a function of temperature and water vapour supersaturation relative to ice": Nakaya snow crystal morphology .

--Rik

[CrispyBee]

Really nice! Photo #3 is best for me too.

I am always impressed by the variety of crystal shapes for ice. Huge differences "as a function of temperature and water vapour supersaturation relative to ice": Nakaya snow crystal morphology .

--Rik

Thank you - and thank you for the paper, that's extremely fascinating and explains a lot!

[rjlittlefield]

Nakaya snow crystal morphology .

Thank you - and thank you for the paper, that's extremely fascinating and explains a lot!

I notice that ResearchGate says that paper was "uploaded by Kenneth Libbrecht."

Kenneth Libbrecht is famous in the area of ice crystal formation. If you click on the link, you'll get access to a bunch more papers. If you search Amazon for his name, you'll find something like 10 different books.

--Rik

[Olympusman]

Nice set.

Mike