Bark of dead conifer at Iceberg Lake in Ansel Adams Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, California, USA

Crack in thin ice over a harbour on Fogo Island in Newfoundland, Canada

Quaking Aspen, Populus tremuloides, with tattoos along beginning of Wheeler Peak Summit Trail in Great Basin National Park, Nevada, USA

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Inspiring patterns found in nature. © Dawn Clarkson

Patterns of ice frozen together on the nearshore saltwater off Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada

Mitchell Creek with tree reflections in late autumn, Big Rapids, Central Michigan, USA

Swirling ice formations in winter along the South Coast of Iceland

Ice cave interior where stream melts snow under a snowfield, near Hogsback Camp below Heliotrope Ridge on the slopes of Mount Baker, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA

Bubbles, created in winter by the photographer, rapidly form ice crystals on the inside surfaces, Michigan, USA,

[Iris siberica]

Rock, probably a skarn showing metamorphic acitivity, in the high country between Melakwa Lake and Melakwa Pass, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA, Rock_Patterns-4

Paper Birches, Betula papyrifera, along a lake in Michigan, USA

Water drops and reflections on a car hood in Michigan, USA

Red Oak leaf and ice on a vernal pond in Woodland Park and Nature Preserve in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

Rivulet Erosion formed these features at the Cannonball Mystery location in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Unit, North Dakota, USA

Surging Pacific Ocean surf viewed from a high vantage point on East Anacapa Island, Channel Islands National Park, California, USA

Tendrils of blowing snow along frozen Dead River in February in Marquette County, Michigan, USA

Navajo Sandstone shaped like cauliflower, cracked into polygons, at White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

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Trees reflecting on waves on the surface of a lake in central Michigan, USA

Ripples on Trap Lake along the Pacific Crest Trail, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA

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Weathered Pine Stump

Ripples catching sunlight on Mitchell Creek, Clay Cliffs Nature Area in Big Rapids, Michigan, USA

Frost on a windowpane during a cold December in Central Michigan, USA

Revealed to us as if by magic on a foggy Saturday morning.

Rock patterns ade by intrusions at Lottie Point beach area in Deception Pass State Park, Fidalgo Island, Washington State, USA

[Iris sibirica] Also known as Fleur-de-Lis

Closeup of spectacular ice formations of Eben Ice Caves, Rock River Canyon Wilderness, Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan, USA

Who ever said thistles are ugly? This is another one of amazing shape, texture, and color.

Patterns created by overnight freezing of ice on a March night in Woodland Park and Nature Preserve in Battle Creek, Michigan, USA