Natural Abstractions

Nature is the true artist. Can you guess what she painted in the images below?

This is the surface of a frozen lake — ice webbed with deep cracks. Here are a few wider shots.

Now, some closer views.

Of course, I’ve bent the truth a little.

These images aren’t shaped by nature alone, but by people as well. Many of the scratches on the ice were left by studded tires. What you see are icy patterns I managed to capture on a winter racetrack set up for drifting competitions.

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Southern Ural, Russia.
January, 2022.
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