Snow-covered sedge growing in a wetland on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington State, USA

Long exposure of Smith River and willows along the flooded river in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, Redwood National Park, California, USA

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Amused by the simplest things. #beautiful #nature #artinnature #flowers #orange #patternsinnature

This is my second of three contributions, a closer view of a different tree in which the trunk stubs have been cut shorter.

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

Shallow ocean water at La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA

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

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Ice formations on a cold late autumn morning along Lehman Creek in Great Basin National Park, Nevada, USA

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

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