15-DEC-2010
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It all started here. I had set a cut christmas tree in a bucket of water, along with just a touch of dishwasher detergent (surfactant). After moving the tree indoors, the bucket was allowed to sit outdoors as the temperature plummeted into single digits.
The next day I turned the bucket over and dumped it. The 1/4" thick frozen sidewalls gave way under the weight/pressure of the remaining liquid water. Since temperatures remained frigid the next few days, this is what sat outside my doorway.
16-DEC-2010
20101216_07 Crazed Ice.JPG
This one almost has a forest-like pattern to it, with the "leaves" on top slightly out of focus, and the "trunks" below in sharp reflief, the result of the camera lens being not quite parallel to the ice surface.
16-DEC-2010
20101216_08 Crazed Ice.JPG
Finally, I wanted to see what I could do with the sunbacklighting the ice patterns. This is the result.
Mother Nature had a good day, I think!