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Frozen Details: How Winter Changes Familiar Objects

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Frost covering a statue changes the expression of an otherwise familiar face. It is a small example of winter transforming the surfaces people pass without noticing.

Statue with its face coated in frost
Statue with its face coated in frost Credit: Original frozen-scenes gallery; photographer unconfirmed.

Look for the surface rather than a temperature record

Fine ice deposits emphasise edges and textures, while larger accumulations can hide an object’s original outline. These effects do not all form by the same process, and a photograph cannot supply an exact temperature.

The older roundup mixed places and dates under a claim about the coldest morning of the century. That claim is removed, along with distressing animal imagery unrelated to explaining winter surfaces. This quieter selection is about texture: how cold-weather deposits make familiar materials appear newly detailed.

Explore more: frost in Patrick Hübschmann’s photographs; Slovenia’s documented 2014 ice storm.

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16 comments

  1. UnknownMay 17, 2014 at 2:12 AM

    Realy nice pics

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    I really liked the frozen stuffed animal, kinda looked like an iconic album cover

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