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

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

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

alabama snowflakes

Ice formations in winter along along the South Coast of Iceland

This picture gives an impression of a flowing river that has been etched on the canyon sandstone by a sculptor, only in this case the sculptor is Nature. I clicked this one in Lower Antelope canyon, Arizona.

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

a small spillway of a lake

Hugo's "flower to butterfly"

That we may soar together.

~ by Eugene Field

Saguaro

what it took: Finding the perfect flower to display pattern and then cropping that image to a square format to best showcase the flower's center.

Parents observe and analyze pill bugs during the interactive STEM keynote workshop conducted by Dr. Diana Wehrell-Grabowski.

Honeycomb Tube Worm, Phragmatopoma californica, colony and the edge of a mussel bed exposed at low tide at Natural Bridges State Beach, Santa Cruz, California, USA

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

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

It's amazing how this hardy, autumn plant resembles a snowflake.

Columnar basalt formations along Reynisfjara Black Sand Beach, with Dyrholaey natural arch distant, in Iceland

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

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

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

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

Sooty Grouse, Dendragapus fuliginosus, foraging in the subalpine of the Paradise area of Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State, 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

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

Parents analyze structure and function in objects from nature during interactive keynote STEM workshop for parents conducted by Dr. Diana Wehrell-Grabowski.

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

Sandbars create an interesting pattern along the shoreline of this national par k.

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

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

Strybing. Sunlit.