2103_0542 Worlds Within Worlds
Made just minutes after yesterday's "ice cave" photo, for this one I used a 105mm macro with 1.7x teleconverter, the camera tripod mounted and aimed straight down. The lake ice was thick enough to support my weight. We can see gaseous bubbles of various sizes, frozen in random, spectacular patterns, and even a few arthropods, species unknown, also frozen. Can they still be alive, to reanimate later? I don't know. Some frogs can survive winter by producing a sort of antifreeze that keeps them alive even though they stop breathing and their hearts stop beating. Nature is amazing.
Photographed at Newton Lake, near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2021 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
2103_0542 Worlds Within Worlds
Made just minutes after yesterday's "ice cave" photo, for this one I used a 105mm macro with 1.7x teleconverter, the camera tripod mounted and aimed straight down. The lake ice was thick enough to support my weight. We can see gaseous bubbles of various sizes, frozen in random, spectacular patterns, and even a few arthropods, species unknown, also frozen. Can they still be alive, to reanimate later? I don't know. Some frogs can survive winter by producing a sort of antifreeze that keeps them alive even though they stop breathing and their hearts stop beating. Nature is amazing.
Photographed at Newton Lake, near Val Marie, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2021 James R. Page - all rights reserved.