when fire meets water meets winter

Look at these photos of the frozen effects of putting out a fire in the winter. I haven't seen it in person, but I really want to! Amazing!!

The photographer and the ice crystals

The photographer, aka L., met me on foot after work today. When I approached our meeting spot, she was hunched toward the ground taking photographs. This is a common occurrence if you hang out much with L. and her trusty camera. However, what she captured was perfectly uncommon. These ice crystals have formed inside of the holes of a grate on the ground in a thin, flat circle, with a hole of air still left in the middle. Reminded me of mushrooms that grow directly out from tree trunks. Quite gorgeous. We conjecture that ice formations like this only happen under specific temperature and humidity conditions. That's our unscientific hypothesis; It's quite cold and humid today.

The photographer has quite a lovely blog and you can visit it by clicking on the image.

The winter is rather unbearable in many ways, and quite gorgeous in many ways, too.