Clear Ice in Slovakia’s High Tatras: A Remarkable View
The stones are so easy to see that the surface almost seems to disappear. In this High Tatras video, transparent ice gives the viewer an u...
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Lake Ice: Frozen Landscapes, Patterns & Change
A frozen lake can display transparent ice, pale fractures or ridges of broken slabs. Those patterns make fascinating photographs, but appearance alone cannot establish whether a surface will support a person. This collection explores what the images show and how ice changes, with related stories on winter weather and the landscapes around it.
Frozen Water Patterns: Bubbles, Cracks and Winter Colour
Winter water can look like a collection of different materials: glass plates, pale bubbles, tiny flowers and long white threads. The pleas...
Clear Lake Ice: What Transparency Does Not Tell You
Clear lake ice can create an extraordinary visual puzzle. Reflections occupy the surface while shapes below seem close enough to touch. A ...
An Ice-Fishing Clip with an Unexpected Human Surprise
The camera points toward an opening in the ice, setting up the expectation of a fishing scene. The original feature promises a surprise, w...
Cory Williams’ Frozen-Lake Video: Listen to the Ice
The surprise in this Alaska clip is not a distant mountain or an animal appearing from the trees. It is the sound. Cory Williams reacts to...
Lake Puma Yumco: NASA’s Mosaic of Winter Ice
From orbit, Lake Puma Yumco looks almost like a blue mosaic assembled from uneven pieces. Pale lines cross the surface, while darker block...
Lake Baikal Ice Hummocks: A Landscape of Broken Blue Ice
Lake Baikal’s winter ice can break the horizon into blue slabs and ridges. These hummocks turn a flat-looking lake into a remarkably sculp...
Frost Flowers on Lake Ice: Crystals Above the Surface
A frozen lake can develop a delicate covering that resembles a field of tiny white flowers. These photographs show crystals above the ice ...
Winter Waterscapes: Baikal Ice, Bubbles and Reflections
Cracked lake ice, trapped bubbles and a still-water reflection offer three very different winter textures. Keeping those differences visib...
Lake Michigan Ice Balls Near South Haven
Rounded pieces of ice crowd the Lake Michigan shoreline in this South Haven clip. Their colour and repeated shapes can look surprising, bu...
Lake Ice Pushed Ashore: The May 2013 Ice-Shove Reports
Ice moving from a lake towards buildings gives these May 2013 reports their unsettling power. The footage shows an ice shove: wind-driven ...
A Car Recovered From Lake Ice: An Archive Clip
A partly submerged car and the people around it make this recovery clip immediately tense. The visible effort shows a response to a vehicl...