a moment in time

this image looks slightly out of focus and maybe even a bit pixelated. but it is not. it’s is a very slender winter tall grass stem exquisitely sheathed in ice. if you enlarge your screen you’ll see delicate ice scales shingling each brittle branch. imagine trying to do that by hand. more than that: imagine creating the conditions that could make such a thing happen on its own.

ice covered winter tall grass stem