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Tim Stanton

Beauty was abound when I snowshoed up a mountain earlier this week. While the views at the summit of nearby mountain peaks/valleys were beautiful, so were the small features at my feet. Check out the rime ice that formed on the boulders. This ice forms in windy fog and points into the wind as it is forming.

Photo closeup of rime ice that formed on a lichen-covered boulder. The ice is shaped like the point of a sharp pencil. There are many closely spaced points, all aimed in the same direction. The lichen is dark green. I took this photo on the summit of Little Haystack Mountain, White Mountains, New Hampshire.
Photo closeup of rime ice that formed on a lichen-covered boulder. As with the upper left photo, many sharp points of ice closely spaced and pointing in the same direction, but now growing out of a fan-shaped section of ice. View of neighboring mountain peaks off in the distance, somewhat blurred. Same location as upper left photo, different boulder.
Photo closeup of rime ice formed on a lichen-covered boulder. The many sharp points of ice are clustered together and all pointing in the same direction. Same location as in upper left photo, but different boulder.
Photo closeup of rime ice formed on lichen-covered boulder. All of the sharp points of ice are tightly clustered together and pointing in the same direction. Same location as in upper left photo, but different boulder.
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Feb 27, 2025, 05:52 PM·Public·Web
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