Ice lace flower
Early morning shot of a spider web with frozen water droplets. The photo has been turned upside down, to make it look like a flower.
I found this in one of the few mornings when I had to start the work very early. The temperature decrease during night, combined with high atmospheric humidity, lead to dew formation; when the temperature decreased even further, the droplets froze creating this beautiful jewelry. Half an hour after I took this photo, everything had melted, the sun was shining, and the spider was happily rebuilding his web.
Taken on 17
April
2014
Submitted on 28 February 2016
Finalist in the EGU Photo Competition 2016
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ice, flower, frost, spiderweb, dew
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Olympus SP550UZ
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Credit: Maria Elena Popa (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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