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

Shadows of an oak tree on the snow in Mecosta County, Michigan, USA

Wind-blasted snow clinging to hardwood trees after a winter storm in Mecosta County, Michigan, USA

Purple is my favorite color. I love the purple contrasted with the different shades of green, playing against patches of red.

plants in the Hortus Botanicus, Leiden

Sea ice near shore on a cove opening to the Atlantic Ocean in Newfoundland, Canada

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

Shadows of an oak tree on the snow in Mecosta County, Michigan, USA

Cleaning a horn coral from Fossil & Prairie Park Preserve, Rockford, Iowa, USA

Central Michigan, USA

Cleaning gastropod fossil from Fossil & Prairie Park Preserve, Rockford, Iowa, USA

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Tree shadows in April on a metal building in Michigan, USA

Traces of intertidal creatures at low tide on Shi Shi Beach along the Pacific Ocean in Olympic National Park, Washington State, USA

Northern Maidenhair Fern, Adiantum pedatum, in Canadian Lakes in central Michigan, USA

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