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Ice Horns

by Wayne Jones

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted February 11, 2013136 views5 comments
I don't know if these things have an official name, but they remind me of tiny horns. These tiny crystalline structures just look like soft fuzz or fine hairs until you see them though a macro lens. They are the horizontal fringe on the edges of medium-sized ice structures that I found hanging over some holes above riffles in a rocky brook. I imagine that water molecules in the moist air rising from the hidden brook crystallizes on objects when it hits the cold air.

Canon 5D2
Sigma 150 Macro
3.2 sec. @ f/16: ISO 100

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Howard Cheek on February 11, 2013 at 6:58 PM
Reminds me of futuristic crystalline cityscape, with a frozen waterfront if rotated to the horizontal.
Amazing structures seen at this magnification, I like it a lot Wayne:wavey:
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Comment posted by scott lanz on February 11, 2013 at 9:04 PM
Very cool, Wayne. Good job of showing the look of the structures. Interesting the way they form.
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Comment posted by Barb Pflaum on February 12, 2013 at 10:16 AM
Excellent look at these tiny ice structures! They stand out nicely against the dark bg.
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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on February 12, 2013 at 10:41 AM
Wayne:

Really cool image :cool: Like the cool tone as well.

When I looked at this with my head slightly turned, I can imaging seeing a futuristic cityscape. :jump:
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on February 13, 2013 at 1:16 PM
This is a spectacular close up of these ice horns. I'm with Howard and Gary in thinking that this looks a future cityscape.
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