Frost flowers bloom briefly on frozen ponds, and this stunning video captures the magic

Frost flowers sometimes appear on ponds during especially cold, still mornings, right as the water starts to freeze. Here's a stunning video of what they look like. As moist air rises off the open water and hits the cold air above, it turns into thin, curling sheets of ice that spread across the surface. — Read the rest

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