Icicle
Winter Tangle
Wisconsin winters can be brutal…and beautiful. This ice-coated shrub is a chilling sight, but also an interesting study in contrast, light and refraction.
Refraction: the fact or phenomenon of light, radio waves, etc., being deflected in passing obliquely through the interface between one medium and another or through a medium of varying density.
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Winter’s Fangs
To me, this image portrays the beauty, and often harsh, reality of Wisconsin winters. I found these icicles hanging off the roof of our front porch. As you can see from the out of focus icicles in the background, they weren’t the longest specimens that day.
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