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

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

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

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

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

Quaking Aspen, Populus tremuloides, forest of bare branches along beginning of Wheeler Peak Scenic Trail in Great Basin National Park, Nevada, USA

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

Edith's Checkerspot, Euphydryas editha, puddling in the Garnet Range, Montana, USA

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

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

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

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

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

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