Photohunt: Triangle

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Photohunt: Triangle

June 11, 2011 by healingmagichands

The photohunt today is “Triangle”. I had to search long and hard for a suitable image to post, but I did find a fine set of triangles in the frost flower that formed on my pond last winter.

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Posted in blogging, Photography | Tagged blogging, photography | 9 Comments

9 Responses

on June 11, 2011 at 9:53 am | Reply magiceye

delicately pretty…
lovely take!
on June 11, 2011 at 9:53 am | Reply sandi @the whistlestop cafe

BeautifulTriangles!
on June 11, 2011 at 10:01 am | Reply archiearchive FCD

Never seen anything like that! It is spectacular!
- on June 11, 2011 at 10:13 am | Reply healingmagichands
  
  Capillary action creates these sorts of structures. You have to have perfect conditions – cold air to freeze the water along with ground water that is not frozen and a medium to act as the capillary (in this case, the stem of a water grass). Very ephemeral phenomenon, they disappear almost as soon as the sun hits them unless it is very cold.
on June 11, 2011 at 1:17 pm | Reply Alice Audrey

Oooo cool!
on June 11, 2011 at 2:05 pm | Reply srp

I am not sure I have ever seen such an intricate frost flower in person. Lovely shot.
My lighthouse triangles are here.
on June 11, 2011 at 5:05 pm | Reply Susanne

That is really cool!
on June 11, 2011 at 10:09 pm | Reply Syncopated Eyeball

Oh, I love this. When I first saw it on my tiny phone screen, it looked like some beautiful translucent flying insect. I’ve never seen a frost flower before.
on June 14, 2011 at 12:38 pm | Reply gitwizard

Very unusual take on the theme, i’ve never seen anything like that either.