21 April 2006

Winter in Finland

Reino Talarmo

Here are some cool snapshots from the still ongoing winter in Finland. These I took at the beginning of February, when the temperature was around -15 to -20 C.

Figure 1 shows ice crystals growing upward from a skating rink. Figure 2 is a hanging ice flower.


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Figure 1. Ice crystals growing upward from a skating rink. Photograph by Reino Talarmo.
 
Figure 2. A hanging ice flower. Photograph by Reino Talarmo.
   
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