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Title
Crystal Fern
Artist
Marnie Patchett
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Ice crystals form on a stick on top of a frozen lake, they remind me of fern leaves. It was 12 degrees at Castle Lake in Northern California the morning I was out taking pictures.
Ice crystals are solid ice exhibiting atomic ordering on various length scales and include hexagonal columns, hexagonal plates, dendritic crystals, and diamond dust. The hugely symmetric shapes are due to depositional growth, namely, direct deposition of water vapour onto the ice crystal. Depending on environmental temperature and humidity, ice crystals can develop from the initial hexagonal prism into numerous symmetric shapes. Possible shapes for ice crystals are columns, needles, plates and dendrites. If the crystal migrates into regions with different environmental conditions, the growth pattern may change, and the final crystal may show mixed patterns. An example are capped columns. Ice crystals tend to fall with their major axis aligned along the horizontal, and are thus visible in polarimetric weather radar signatures with enhanced (positive) differential reflectivity values. Electrification of ice crystals can induce alignments different from the horizontal. Electrified ice crystals are also well detectable by polarimetric weather radars.
Temperature and humidity determine many different crystalline forms. Ice crystals are responsible for various atmospheric optics displays.
Ice clouds are composed of ice crystals, the most notable being cirrus clouds and ice fog. The slight whitening of a clear blue sky caused by ice crystals high in the troposphere can be a sign that a weather front (and rain) is approaching, as moist air is carried to high levels and freezes to ice crystals.
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December 19th, 2016
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Centennial, CO - United States
Congratulations, Marnie – your stunning scene has been selected as a Group Admin’s Pick from the Go Take a Hike Photography Group’s Things Covered With Frost photo contest! It has been placed in the Special Recognition thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Nelson, BC - Canada
Congratulations Marnie! This wonderful image has been chosen as a feature in the Pacific Northwest Artists group on Fine Art America! You are invited to post it to the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after it is no longer on the group home page.
Reno, NV - United States
Fabulous macro Marnie, Congratulations on your homepage Feature in F A A - Pixels All Stars!...L
Peoria, Ar - United States
Congratulations! Your wonderful, All-Star work has been featured in the Group FAA- Pixels All Stars!
Pacific Northwest - United States
My new fave, Marnie! I love this Crystal Fern macro. Beautiful composition, bokeh, blue tones and tiny ferns in ice. Bravo capture! :) l/F/p
Newark, NJ - United States
This is exquisite. Your ice pictures remind me of he experiments carried out by Masaru Emoto. http://www.masaru-emoto.net/english/water-crystal.html This is fascinating!
Queen Creek, AZ - United States
Marnie, it is a privilege to showcase your magnificent macro image on the group's front page of MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY. Congratulations and thank you for sharing! L/faved
Wenden, NR - Germany
Congratulations. Your photography has been chosen to be featured on the HP of PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. I wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year.
Durbuy, Lu - Belgium
Congratulations! Your work is featured on the Homepage of Fine Art America Group "All Natural Beauty Of This World" ..Beth............ You are invited to add your artwork to the group’s "Featured Image Discussion Thread as a permanent archive.
Frankfort, IL - United States
This is a beautiful work of nature's art and of your eye for nature's beauty!
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