Winters
Snow, Ice and Icicles...


City snow

We think of snow as a pure white substance. But in a city snow doesn't remain in that condition for long...

Northwest Snow

Snow falling in the Northwest part of Copenhagen: Tuesday night February 2010...

Snow and Lights

Wednesday 16 December the first snow fell in 2009, and we wandered out into the night to see the flakes fall. Before we left, I noticed a mysterious light in the sky, apparently emanating from somewhere in the neighborhood. Heading home from the nearby park we finally discovered what it was: a spotlight aimed directly at the snow...
Northwest Copenhagen Lightshow: White stars in snow, and coloured trees in background...
Snow and Light 3

Snow and light from different locations in Denmark...

Snow trails

Snow in the streets...

Snow trails

Snow trails, from feet to wheels...

Country snow

In January I visited one of my friends living far away from the big city, far from any city. Urban snow quickly vanishes, but outside it remains untouched, on the fields and in the forests, covering everything...
Utterslev Mose Winter 17 December 2009

Urban snow quickly vanishes, but outside it remains untouched, on the fields and in the forests, covering everything with white...

Here's how the local park looked like, all white white white...

Fælledparken - a local park in north Copenhagen. Winter January 2010, all white...

Snow with holes

Normally it snows - or it rains. But this day the weather seemed a bit confused: On the ground snow remained, while branches
of trees were dripping...

Forests

Forests covered with snow, trees, bushes, branches...

Frozen lakes
Frozen lakes
Frozen lakes

Lakes also freeze, melts and refreeze, leaving a complicated surface structure...

Ice in front of the City

Ice in front of the City

Ice in different shapes and sizes, in front of the city. The brown orange parts are usually houses distorted by the icy conglomerate of various lenses. A good example of natures own 'special effect'...

Icicles. Frozen pillars, frozen columns of immobile water, standing hanging here and there, not going anywhere...

Frozen pillars, frozen columns of immobile water, standing hanging here and there, not going anywhere...

Street Ice 4
Street Ice 3
Street Ice 2
Street Ice 1

Ice pieces scattered all over the street, splintered in the gutter, blinking in the dark,..

Night Ice

Ice at night, with very little light...

Ice in front of the Sky

Ice in front of the Sky
Ice in front of the Sky
Ice in front of the Sky
Ice in front of the Sky

The colours are from the blue sky, magenta clouds and yellow sun. The structure comes from the ice itself, acting like a conglomerate of distorted lenses.

Ice dripping

Ice 8
Ice 6

Ice plus water...

Ice crystals

Ice crystals

Dew crystallized as flakes or flowers...

Plants and ice

Winter is not all white; plants usually add green pieces to the frozen puzzle...

Ice surface

Ice surface...

SNOW AND ICE