hoarfrost flowers

[asakiyume]

too delicate to pick

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[selidor]

So perfectly fractal.
(I remember there was a Caltech professor who made a fascination out of photographing snowflakes, though not in their natural outdoor home. Did you ever see his book?)

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I think I have seen the book, or anyway, photos from it. Amazing and beautiful.

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

Look at that detail! Each one is so perfectly made.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

They are so soft-looking, but so *firm*

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I needed that beauty this morning. *hugs*

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I'm glad it's a comfort--wish I somehow could do more. . .

[athenais.livejournal.com]

Oh oh oh, these are amazing. I've never seen such a thing in real life.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I know that lakes in *really* cold regions (northern Canada, etc.) grow tremendous hoarfrost flowers (here (http://bigskiesjewellery.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/frost-flowers-bloom-over-young-sea-ice-in-the-central-artic-ocean-photographer-matthias-wietz.jpg) is a spectacular example)--these are like their little tiny cousins.

It's like the opposite of real flowers, where the ones in alpine or arctic regions are tiny, and the ones in the tropics are huge.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

The Wintersmith's work is so pretty.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

He does fine, fine work.

[sovay]

That last one, especially.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I have a hard time picking!

[galestorm.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous little bits of nature! Thanks so much for sharing!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

My pleasure :-)

[duccio.livejournal.com]

The top one looks the most like an abstract painting composition, especially with that reddish line going across. I like it the best of these three perfect beauties.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

They were entrancing--I thought I'd just take one picture but kept on seeing another and then another that was beautiful.

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

I'll have to show Chun Woo. He'll love those.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Is it very cold where you are right now? If so, if you can go out somewhere where there's ice in the open air (a wide place), you might see some.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I'll put them up on Tumblr shortly!

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

ICE FLOWERS. The loveliest and most delicate of gifts.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Yes, truly a fairy gift.

[marmota-monax.livejournal.com]

The hoarfrost has been gorgeous this week, true. I find it on the sheep sometimes, imagine that!

Every year, I vow to lay on the ground during one of these real cold snaps, to watch the hoarfrost grow, but I've never done it yet. Even with my best winter camping gear, the risk of hypothermia is very high right now because of the wind chills. Some day...

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Wow, what a wonderful and hardcore idea! It never even occurred to me that that would be possible, but sure, it has to be! "She risked her life to watch the hoarfrost bloom"

[patchwork-prose.livejournal.com]

So very lovely, delicate!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Yes! So very delicate

[xjenavivex.livejournal.com]

thank you so much for these

I wonder what you would have made of my aura migraine spot if you could have seen it. Oh and I have 348!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I would love to have seen it (but without any pain, please--and I wish *you* did not have to have the pain, either). I once had a visual migraine--only once--it was after I'd given birth for the first time, and suddenly the whole right side of my vision was obscured by a rainbow shimmering waterfall of light and color. I freaked out! I thought I was going blind! But it went away in 20 minutes.

And Yaaaay! for 348 pages ♥

[xjenavivex.livejournal.com]

Wow Thank you for telling me about that.

[w. lotus (from livejournal.com)]

I don't think I've ever seen that, before. Beautiful!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

These ones were pretty tiny--if we were up in Canada, they'd be bigger!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

♥ glad you like them.

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh. O my.

Thank you.

Nine

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

^_^

[gwynnega]

So beautiful! And, living in Los Angeles, such a foreign phenomenon to me.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

One day I want to come experience Los Angeles!

[marycatelli]

wow

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

something from the Snow Queen's land.

[gaudior.livejournal.com]

Beautiful!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

^_^

I think so too.

[syomsong.livejournal.com]

Absolutely! Absolutely!
Thank you.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Are your lakes in bloom with similar blossoms now?

[syomsong.livejournal.com]

I guess so. Haven't time to see. So it is good you see for me.