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

Hugo's "flower to butterfly"

That we may soar together.

~ by Eugene Field

Dry desert land along California State Route 166, here call the Cuyama Highway, near the Carrizo Plain, with great clouds overhead, Southern California, USA

Saguaro

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

Cloudy morning light on the Navajo Sandstone formations of White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona, USA

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

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

Small waterfall along the Dungeness River in, near the Upper Dungeness Trail in Olympic National Forest, Olympic Peninsula, Washington State, USA

Parent demonstrates their modification to "da Vinci Helical Screw Helicopter during EYH interactive STEM keynote workshop for parents.

Interesting bark patterns on a tree at the Arboretum.

Wind rippling the surface of Trap Lake along the Pacific Crest Trail, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA

Ice formations in winter along along the South Coast of Iceland

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

Cross-section of a fallen Red Alder, Alnus rubra, showing spalted wood in the forest along the Upper Dungeness Trail near the Dungeness River in Olympic National Forest, Olympic Peninsula, Washington State, USA

Purple Sea Fan, Gorgonia ventalina, skelton on the beach of Garden Key, with the aquamarine sea behind, Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, USA

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

Oriental Bittersweet, Celastrus orbiculatus, an invasive vine twisting toward forest canopy, Woodland Park and Nature Preserve, Battle Creek, Michigan, USA

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

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

Red Pine, Pinus resinosa, plantation in central Michigan, USA

Ripples on Trap Lake along the Pacific Crest Trail, 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,

Patterns of water dripping down the face of a waterfall in a grotto along the Heliotrope Ridge Trail, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Washington State, USA

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

Frost crystals growing on a window pane after a frigid night, Central Michigan, USA

Shadows of dried prairie plants from the previous year's growing season on a boardwalk in Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA

alabama snowflakes

Small waterfall along the Dungeness River in, near the Upper Dungeness Trail in Olympic National Forest, Olympic Peninsula, Washington State, USA

You gotta hand it to them, spiders are pretty amazing with the whole web thing they have going on.... (if only they could stay web-based, instead of coming to visit me in my bathroom.. eugh)

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

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

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

Inspiring patterns found in nature. © Dawn Clarkson