Frost Flowers

[thesummerqueen]

These are, officially, my white whale. I will never rest until I can photograph them myself.

Hit the link, as there are many more photos and more explanation.

http://www.kuriositas.com/2012/12/frost-...e-ice.html

It is as beautiful as it is rare. A frost flower is created on autumn or early winter mornings when ice in extremely thin layers is pushed out from the stems of plants or occasionally wood. This extrusion creates wonderful patterns which curl and fold into gorgeous frozen petioles giving this phenomenon both its name and its appearance.