sunrise surprise

[ctom]

Right as the sun peeked over the horizon this morning I caught this in the stage of developing.



I got the picture from our kitchen window. The river below the pretty here is open yet in spite of the -16 below zero when the picture was taken and ice crystals were forming and drifting along to make this. The haze on the yonder hillside is caused the ice crystals. I watched this critter develop and then just fade away as the sun rose higher. There was a companion to this one well to the right but it had way less brilliance. Even the bitter cold can deliver some beauty.

[Partycrasher]

Great shot!  The extreme cold causes some interesting effects.

I don't know about you, but I have had enough winter beauty now.  I think the Milwaukee area was close to a record low again last night.  And you were probably even colder up there.  This is getting "old". 

Marc

[ctom]

The cold has been old since it got here in November Marc. Give me some brown ground.