Intricate ice crystals growing on a window pane in winter in Michigan, USA

Wind-blasted snow clinging to a Sugar Maple and other trees after a winter storm in Mecosta County, Michigan, USA

Inverness, Scotland.

plants in the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden

Ghost crab hole and tracks

Surf below the cliffs at Point Lobos State Natural Reserve, California, USA

[Iris siberica]

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taken on 31/12/2011 using a fujifilm finepix S3200

Intricate boxwork in Wind Cave, a cave formation found here more than anywhere else, Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, USA

Edith's Checkerspot, Euphydryas editha, (L) with another Brush-footed Butterfly puddling in the Garnet Range, Montana, USA

Ice patterns off Fogo Island in Newfoundland, Canada

near Ft Morgan, Ala.

Whaling Station

Forest reflections on a pond in Canadian Lakes, Michigan, USA

Following blizzard outside Chicago.

Intricate ice crystals growing on a window pane in winter in Michigan, USA

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Intricate ice crystals growing on a window pane in winter in Michigan, USA

Ice formed along the shore of the harbor in Ferryland, Newfoundland, Canada

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