Leaf in Ice

I thought I would also show this shot of a leaf frozen in ice, since I am on an ice theme today. The ice was a thin sheet that was very brittle with nothing underneath. The leaf, since it was darker and absorbed more sunlight, had melted into the ice.

River Ice

Some of the mountains in Zion are high enough that the sun has a hard time reaching the floor of some of the valley's. Ice, then, can last over a period of days even though the temperature can be very pleasant. This is an up-close photo of an area of ice in a stream. I wanted to capture the shape of the bubbles in the ice.