Beautiful nature

Dec 30, 2013 21:46

We went on a hike today and walked a trillion miles in the Thuringian Forest, along the Rennsteig. We spotted this:




Any guesses what this is?

Yep, it's ice. It's not the branch's hairdo, even though it really looks like it.

ETA: Found out that this is a very rare phenomenon in nature that is actually called "Haareis" (hair ice, yes, really) in German.

pictures: nature

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