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Ice Crystal/Flower?

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 8 Jan 09

Another crystal from my window in Minnesota. I see a long stemmed flower actually. The stem looks almost braided/knotted, with the flower being at the right edge near the middle of the photo. What can you see in this ice crystal...

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Waterways/Branches?

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 5 Jan 09

As a lot here know I love taking photos of ice crystal formations from my windopws. This is yet another one of these types of photos. This looks like either a huge waterway and all it's streams/creeks/tributaries or a lot of...

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Helictites

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 20 Sep 08

We went to Black Chasm Cavern today to visit the helictites. What are those? Cave formations, or speleotherms, that turn and twist into all kinds of unusual shapes. This cavern is famous for them. First we met Dad and Jane in...

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Clouds

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 8 Jul 08

This was taken just prior to a small thunderstorm hitting me in Minnesota Monday evening. We ended up with a heavy downpour with small hail and heavy winds. it lasted maybe 515 minutes was all. the hail was smaller than peas and...

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