While visiting friends in the Carolinas last winter, I ventured out early one morning to a swampy area I had noticed the day before. With the cold temps, this primeval forest had become a winter wonderland with razor thin ice and reflections of the trees and stumps. But as with much of beauty, it was fleeting--within 30 minutes or so the ice had melted!

Canon 5-D, Mark 3
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