On a frosty morning walk in Anagach Woods with guests from the BWWC at the Grant Arms Hotel, we came across this quite amazing sight. No this isn't a fungus or cotton wool, it's ICE ! Hundreds of tiny fragile strands of it protruding from a piece of dead wood like silk threads. It's called Hair Ice, and only forms when conditions are just right, the water in the wood slowly freezing and as it does being forced through the pores. It is so fragile the slightest touch will destroy it from the heat of your hand.
The forest is always full of surprises, even when you think you've seen everything.
The forest is always full of surprises, even when you think you've seen everything.
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