Winter's Ribbon

We went hiking today. My son noticed these frozen icy formations, low to the ground, formed around the tiny plants and twigs springing up from the moss. I had never seen anything so delicate and perfectly formed. Almost like the ribbon candy we used to eat as little kids, only more breakable. For scale, this is about 1 inch (2.54 cm) tall. A really fun family day... just what the holidays are meant for. :)

Thanks for taking time to stop by... I appreciate it very much.

[Montez Sattman]

These are frost flowers! Great capture! Very cool to see them. I hope to find some sometime! Google "frost flowers" and check out the images. Really neat!

[Yeshanghai]

Great find and capture

[Janet B.]

Beautiful capture of a fascinating subject! I've never seen these before. I can see the resemblance to the old-fashioned candy. I'm going to google 'frost flowers' as Montez suggested. Nature amazes!

[Rosie Kerr]

@monty147 Oh, thank you! I googled the term and, sure enough, there they are. Never knew this before... there are some lovely images out there.

[Sheralee S]

That is so interesting and funny that you hadn't heard of it before but I guess photography opens our eyes to so many things we might have previously missed. Great capture and glad to have learnt about them.

[Kathy]

Well spotted on the part of your son. Well captured on your part. I've never seen anything like them and have never heard of frost flowers either.

[Jae]

Neat!

[gloria jones]

Great find by your son and nicely captured

[Cathie]

Lovely!

[Taffy]

So cool -- they look like little bonnets on the moss.

[Danette Thompson]

What a cool find. I envy your day!

[Dianne]

This is absolutely gorgeous - such a find.

[Margo]

Lovely. I thought it was a hat caught in the grass

[Cathy]

Looks like glass!

[Daryl O'Hare]

Holy cow, how beautiful!! Happy New Year!

[Emilie Cartoun]

Wow, that's so cool. I don't think i've ever seen this before.

[Amanda R.]

That's ice? It's incredible looking. I've never seen anything like that before.

[Jane Pittenger]

Wonderful find and texture and yes, just like ribbon candy

[Elizabeth]

Wouldn't have guessed that was ice! Cool!

[Jane Anderson]

New to me as well--glad you shared!

[Debs Stott]

Incredible, how lovely.

[Kerry]

Intriguing. Fav

[AmyJ]

Very interesting - never seen anything like it! Thanks for sharing.

[Jo]

What a cool find, very interesting and beautifully captured.

[Kim Harper]

Such an interesting frost flower. Great eye by your son to spot it. Great weather for a hike. Sat by the pool yesterday but much cooler today here.

[Joyce]

Well spotted by your son. They are so interesting I have never seen anything like them before

[Tom]

Fantastic spot and capture., a rarity indeed !

[Clare Gadsby]

Amazing capture of these amazing formations

[Kate Goring]

What a fabulous find, such a great shot.

[KWind]

I've never seen that before. Very cool!

[Vera]

Me neither - never seen this before! Very very cool.

[Margaret Obey]

Amazing

[Nancy]

What a cool formation! Great find!

[Gayle Sears]

Nice find. It looks very fragile and delicate.

[DbJ]

Have never seen this, nor an image of it before. Amazing

[Ukandie!]

Wow, never seen those before, and interesting to find out about them.