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  • Spray from Snoqualmie Falls, located near Snoqualmie, Washington, freezes to rocks and logs at the base of the waterfall on a frigid 17°F (-8°C) morning.
    Snoqualmie-Falls_Ice_Base_8406.jpg
  • Spray from Snoqualmie Falls, located near Snoqualmie, Washington, freezes to the walls of the gorge downstream on a frigid 17°F (-8°C) morning.
    Snoqualmie-Falls_Ice_Gorge_8455.jpg
  • Steam rising from the geothermal features in the Norris Geyser Basin turns to ice as it touches trees on a frigid day in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Temperatures on this day approached 0 degrees Fahrenheit (-20 degrees Celsius).
    Yellowstone_Norris-Geyser-Basin_Ice_...jpg
  • Spray from Snoqualmie Falls, located near Snoqualmie, Washington, freezes to rocks and logs at the base of the waterfall on a frigid 17°F (-8°C) morning.
    Snoqualmie-Falls_Ice_Base_8421.jpg
  • Upper Tahquamenon Falls, located in Tahquamenon Falls State Park in the upper peninsula of Michigan, flows through the thawing winter ice. The water of the Tahquamenon River appears brown or red because of tannic acid that results from the organic material generated by the cedar, hemlock and spruce forests along the river.
    MI_Tahquamenon-Falls_Frozen_1140.jpg
  • A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) hunts in a thawed-out portion of a pond in the Black Duck Marsh in the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge on Assateague Island, Virginia.
    Assateague-Island_Heron_Frozen-Pond_...jpg
  • Upper Tahquamenon Falls, framed by winter ice, drops 48 feet (14 meters) in Tahquamenon Falls State Park in the upper peninsula of Michigan. The upper falls are more than 200 feet (60 meters) across and portions of the waterfall freeze in winter. The water of the Tahquamenon River appears brown or red because of tannic acid that results from the organic material generated by the cedar, hemlock and spruce forests along the river.
    MI_Tahquamenon-Falls_Frozen_0931.jpg
  • The Tahquamenon River flows around ice in the river upstream from Upper Tahquamenon Falls in Tahquamenon Falls State Park, Michigan. The Tahquamenon River's brown color comes from tannic acid generated by organic material from cedar, hemlock and spruce trees along its banks. The golden light of sunrise reflecting on the river intensifies that color in this image.
    MI_Tahquamenon-River_Ice_1088.jpg
  • An oak leaf leaves an impression in the ice covering a small pond in Snohomish County, Washington. The leaf fell on the pond after it froze and protected the ice immediately beneath it from sublimation, a natural process where ice transitions into vapor without turning to liquid first. This is the same process that causes a snow on a field to vanish during a prolonged cold spell. Reflections of trees surrounding the pond are visible around the edges of the leaf impression.
    Leaf_Oak_Ice_Impression_9686.jpg
  • A red oak leaf, displaying its fall color, floats on a thin layer of ice covering a pond in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Leaf_Oak_FrozenPond_Lynnwood_9634.jpg
  • A female Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) rests on a branch in a snow-covered tree after a winter storm in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Hummingbird_Annas_SnowyBranch_6784.jpg
  • A female Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) rests on a branch in a snow-covered tree after a winter storm in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Hummingbird_Annas_SnowyBranch_6697.jpg
  • Large icicles form on a steep wall near Snoqualmie Falls, Snoqualmie, Washington after several days of subfreezing temperatures. During periods of extreme cold, mist from the waterfall freezes to the canyon walls. The Snoqualmie River is visible flowing across the bottom of the image.
    Icicles_SnoqualmieFalls_5661.jpg
  • Mist at the top of Snoqualmie Falls near Snoqualmie, Washington is turned golden by the rising sun, while the wall below is encased in thick winter ice. At Snoqualmie Falls, the Snoqualmie River drops 268 feet (82 meters).
    SnoqualmieFalls_Frozen_5534.jpg
  • Rocks and logs on the banks of the Snoqualmie River near Snoqualmie, Washington are encased in thick ice after several days of subfreezing temperatures. During the winter, temperatures occasionally drop so low that mist from the nearby Snoqualmie Falls turns to ice.
    SnoqualmieRiver_IcyBank_5587.jpg
  • Elowah Falls flows past trees encased in ice from the spray of the waterfall after a week of subfreezing temperatures. At Elowah Falls, located on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, McChord Creek drops 213 feet (65 meters).
    OR_ElowahFalls_Winter_5118.jpg
  • The lower tier of Multnomah Falls, surrounded by ice, plunges 69 feet (21 m), into a frozen splash pool. This waterfall, and most others along Oregon's Columbia River Gorge, were frozen after a week of below-freezing temperatures.
    LowerMultnomah_Frozen_4344.jpg
  • A Plains bison (Bison bison) stands in a heavy snow storm next to a canyon wall over the Gibbon River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. American bison are sometimes mistakenly referred to as buffalo; they are only distantly related to true buffalo.
    Bison_Yellowstone_Snow-Storm_4089.jpg
  • The golden light of the setting sun shines on the cattails and reeds that line the frozen McGinnis Slough in the Orland Grove Forest in Orland Park, Illinois.
    IL_McGinnis-Slough_Frozen_Orland-Par...jpg
  • Feathers of ice cover a window that looks out sunlit forest in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Ice_Window_9982.jpg
  • Trees, turned golden by the late afternoon sun, reflect on bubbles and grooves in a layer of ice melting on a Snohomish County, Washington, pond.
    IcePatterns_Pond_Lynnwood_9667.jpg
  • An oak leaf leaves an impression in the ice covering a small pond in Snohomish County, Washington. Trees surrounding the pond are also reflected on the ice.
    Leaf_Oak_Ice_Impression_9683.jpg
  • Trees, turned golden by the late afternoon sun, reflect on bubbles and grooves in a layer of ice melting on a Snohomish County, Washington, pond.
    IcePatterns_Pond_Lynnwood_9662.jpg
  • Large icicles form on a steep wall near Snoqualmie Falls, Snoqualmie, Washington after several days of subfreezing temperatures. During periods of extreme cold, mist from the waterfall freezes to the canyon walls.
    Icicles_SnoqualmieFalls_5670.jpg
  • After several days of below-freezing temperatures, Wahkeena Falls is surrounded by ice. Wahkeena Falls is located in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge and drops 242 feet (74 meters) in several tiers. Wahkeena means "most beautiful" in Yakama Indian.
    WahkeenaFalls_Frozen_4394.jpg
  • A cluster of icicles forms over a creek in the Cinnabar Basin in the Gallatin National Forest near Gardiner, Montana.
    MT_Cinnabar-Basin_Icicle-Patterns_85...jpg
  • Methane bubbles are trapped in a small frozen pond in Lynnwood, Washington. Microbes release methane gas as they consume organic matter in the pond. The gas bubbles are trapped as the pond freezes.
    Pond_Frozen-Bubbles_Lynnwood_8394.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0973.jpg
  • The crescent moon is visible above the frozen surface of Lake Michigan just before sunrise over Tahquamenon Bay in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
    LakeSuperior_Frozen_Tahquamenon-Bay_...jpg
  • Lake Superior, the largest of the five North American Great Lakes, is covered in late winter ice in view at sunset from Whitefish Point on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
    LakeSuperior_Frozen_Whitefish-Point_...jpg
  • A red oak leaf, displaying its fall color, floats on a thin layer of ice covering a pond in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Leaf_Oak_FrozenPond_Lynnwood_9653.jpg
  • Large icicles form on a steep wall near Snoqualmie Falls, Snoqualmie, Washington after several days of subfreezing temperatures. During periods of extreme cold, mist from the waterfall freezes to the canyon walls.
    Icicles_SnoqualmieFalls_5541.jpg
  • Large icicles form on a steep wall near Snoqualmie Falls, Snoqualmie, Washington after several days of subfreezing temperatures. During periods of extreme cold, mist from the waterfall freezes to the canyon walls.
    Icicles_SnoqualmieFalls_5578.jpg
  • Methane bubbles are trapped in a small frozen pond in Snoqualmie, Washington. Microbes release methane gas as they consume organic matter in the pond. The gas bubbles are trapped as the pond freezes.
    Pond_FrozenBubbles_Snoqualmie_5725.jpg
  • McChord Creek flows under a layer of ice near the base of Elowah Falls on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge. The thick ice formed after a week of subfreezing tempeatures.
    OR_McChordCreek_Frozen_Elowah_5142.jpg
  • The blades of a licorice fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza), located near Elowah Falls on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, are covered in ice after a week of subfreezing temperatures.
    OR_LicoriceFern_Ice_Elowah_5098.jpg
  • Snoqualmie Falls, located near Snoqualmie, Washington, is surrounded by thick ice after several days of record low temperatures in December, 2009. Snoqualmie Falls, at 268 ft (82 m), is one of Washington's most popular tourist destinations and is known worldwide for its appearance in the TV show Twin Peaks.
    SnoqualmieFalls_Frozen_4485.jpg
  • After several days of below-freezing temperatures, ice caps the rocks in Wahkeena Creek, located in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge.
    WahkeenaCreek_Frozen_4416.jpg
  • In winter, Cinnabar Creek is mostly covered in snow and ice as it flows in the valley of the Cinnabar Basin in the Gallatin National Forest near Gardiner, Montana.
    MT_Cinnabar-Basin_Cinnabar-Creek_Fro...jpg
  • The sun's rays stretch across the frozen Borst Lake as the sun rises alongside Mount Si, a 4167-foot (1270-meter) mountain in North Bend, Washington.
    Mount-Si_Borst-Lake_Frozen_Sunrise_8...jpg
  • Trees covered in frost brightly stand out from the shaded hillside along Black Slough near Van Zandt, Washington. Freezing fog rising from the slough on a 17°F morning coated the trees in ice.
    Frost-Covered-Trees_Van-Zandt_6755.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1014.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1045.jpg
  • A coyote, standing on the frozen McGinnis Slough, searches for food as the sun sets in the Orland Grove Forest in Orland Park, Illinois.
    IL_McGinnis-Slough_Frozen_Coyote_057...jpg
  • An oak leaf leaves an impression in the ice covering a small pond in Snohomish County, Washington. The leaf fell on the pond after it froze and protected the ice immediately beneath it from sublimation, a natural process where ice transitions into vapor without turning to liquid first. This is the same process that causes a snow on a field to vanish during a prolonged cold spell. Reflections of trees surrounding the pond are visible around the edges of the leaf impression.
    Leaf_Oak_Ice_Impression_9673.jpg
  • A fallen alder leaf floats on thin layer of ice covering a pond in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Leaf_Alder_FrozenPond_Lynnwood_9632.jpg
  • A red oak leaf, displaying its fall color, floats on a thin layer of ice covering a pond in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Leaf_Oak_FrozenPond_Lynnwood_9639.jpg
  • A female Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) rests on a branch in a snow-covered tree after a winter storm in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Hummingbird_Annas_SnowyBranch_6615.jpg
  • Small leaves are completely encased in ice during a spell of subfreezing temperatures in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon. Dozens of waterfalls in the area occasionally freeze during the winter months.
    OR_LeavesInIce_Multnomah_4921.jpg
  • Snow accumulates on a log sticking out of the mostly frozen Brohm Lake in Cheakamus, which is near Brackendale, British Columbia, Canada.
    BC_BrohmLake_Winter_Log_1748.jpg
  • Snoqualmie Falls, located near Snoqualmie, Washington, is surrounded by thick ice after several days of record low temperatures in December, 2009. Snoqualmie Falls, at 268 ft (82 m), is one of Washington's most popular tourist destinations and is known worldwide for its appearance in the TV show Twin Peaks.
    SnoqualmieFalls_Frozen_4447.jpg
  • Ice piles up at the base of Oregon's Latourell Falls after a week of below-freezing temperatures. The 249-feet (76-meter) tall waterfall is located along the Columbia River Gorge.
    LatourellFalls_Frozen_4296.jpg
  • Thick ice forms along the sides of Horsetail Falls, a 176-foot (54-meter) tall waterfall located in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge.
    HorsetailFalls_Frozen_4375.jpg
  • A hiker admires the view of the Bryce Canyon amphitheater in Utah on a cold winter morning after fresh snowfall. Winter temperatures in the canyon can drop below 0 degrees Fahrenheit.
    BryceCanyonWinterHiker.jpg
  • In winter, Cinnabar Creek is mostly covered in snow and ice as it flows in the valley of the Cinnabar Basin in teh Gallatin National Forest near Gardiner, Montana.
    MT_Cinnabar-Basin_Cinnabar-Creek_Fro...jpg
  • Frost coats several fallen leaves and the ground cover near Spada Lake in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Autumn-Leaves_Frost_Spada-Lake_6804.jpg
  • A Plains bison (Bison bison) walks in a heavy snow storm in a field near the Madison River in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. American bison are sometimes mistakenly referred to as buffalo; they are only distantly related to true buffalo.
    Bison_Yellowstone_Snow-Storm_3907.jpg
  • A thin layer of ice forms on a small pond in Lynnwood, Washington, forming rugged patterns.
    Ice_Pond_Lynnwood_7890.jpg
  • Trees covered in frost brightly stand out from the shaded hillside along Black Slough near Van Zandt, Washington. Freezing fog rising from the slough on a 17°F morning coated the trees in ice.
    Frost-Covered-Trees_Van-Zandt_6737.jpg
  • Blue sky and golden trees lit by the late afternoon sun reflect on the wet, melting ice covering a small pond in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Ice-Patterns_Lynnwood_6794.jpg
  • Trees covered in frost brightly stand out from the shaded hillside along Black Slough near Deming, Washington. Freezing fog rising from the slough on a 17°F morning coated the trees in ice.
    Frost-Covered-Trees_Row_Deming_6704.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1018.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1028.jpg
  • The Tahquamenon River flows around ice in the river upstream from Upper Tahquamenon Falls in Tahquamenon Falls State Park, Michigan. The Tahquamenon River's brown color comes from tannic acid generated by organic material from cedar, hemlock and spruce trees along its banks. The golden light of sunrise reflecting on the river intensifies that color in this image.
    MI_Tahquamenon-River_Ice_1117.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0977.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0964.jpg
  • Trees, turned golden by the late afternoon sun, reflect on grooves in a layer of ice melting on a Snohomish County, Washington, pond.
    IcePatterns_Pond_Lynnwood_9672.jpg
  • Large icicles form in the mist from Snoqualmie Falls in Washington state after several days of subfreezing temperatures.
    Icicles_SnoqualmieFalls_5693.jpg
  • Large icicles form on a steep wall near Snoqualmie Falls, Snoqualmie, Washington after several days of subfreezing temperatures. During periods of extreme cold, mist from the waterfall freezes to the canyon walls.
    Icicles_SnoqualmieFalls_5562.jpg
  • Large icicles form on a steep wall near Snoqualmie Falls, Snoqualmie, Washington after several days of subfreezing temperatures. During periods of extreme cold, mist from the waterfall freezes to the canyon walls.
    Icicles_SnoqualmieFalls_5667.jpg
  • Rocks and logs on the banks of the Snoqualmie River near Snoqualmie, Washington are encased in thick ice after several days of subfreezing temperatures. During the winter, temperatures occasionally drop so low that mist from the nearby Snoqualmie Falls turns to ice.
    SnoqualmieRiver_IcyBank_5551.jpg
  • Methane bubbles are trapped in a small frozen pond in Snoqualmie, Washington. Microbes release methane gas as they consume organic matter in the pond. The gas bubbles are trapped as the pond freezes.
    Pond_FrozenBubbles_Snoqualmie_5745.jpg
  • Methane bubbles are trapped in a small frozen pond in Snoqualmie, Washington. Microbes release methane gas as they consume organic matter in the pond. The gas bubbles are trapped as the pond freezes.
    Pond_FrozenBubbles_Snoqualmie_5764.jpg
  • A break in the ice over Latourell Creek in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon resembles a heart shape. The creek is located within Guy W. Talbot State Park. The creek and dozens waterfalls in the gorge occasionally freeze over during the winter months.
    OR_LatourellCreek_IceHeart_4787.jpg
  • Ice forms on and mimics the shape of a deer fern (Blechnum spicant) located near the spray of Elowah Falls in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon. Creeks and dozens of waterfalls in the area occasionally free over in the winter months, and mist can freeze to nearby plants.
    OR_DeerFern_Ice_Elowah_5087.jpg
  • Ice surrounds and piles up at the base of Multnomah Falls, a 542-foot (165 m) tall waterfall located in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon. The waterfall typically ices over once or twice each winter after extended periods of below-freezing temperatures.
    MultnomahFalls_Frozen_4351.jpg
  • Clear Creek Falls plunges more than 300 feet down a rocky face near White Pass, Washington. This image of the falls surrounded by giant icicles was captured on a winter morning when it was just 19 degrees Fahrenheit.
    ClearCreekFalls_Winter.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_0995.jpg
  • Sheets of ice, piled high by strong winds, sit atop frozen Lake Superior in Pendills Bay, Michigan. As the great lakes begin to freeze, winds often blow the ice into piles, creating unique ice sculptures.
    LakeSuperior_Ice-Sheets_1049.jpg
  • A female Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) rests on a branch in a snow-covered tree after a winter storm in Snohomish County, Washington.
    Hummingbird_Annas_SnowyBranch_6490.jpg
  • Thick ice forms at the base of Snoqualmie Falls, Washington, after several days of record-low temperatures in December, 2009. The 268 ft (82 m) tall waterfall is located on the Snoqualmie River near the town of Snoqualmie.
    SnoqualmieFalls_Frozen_4469.jpg
  • Colorful ice surrounds Lower Yellowstone Falls in winter in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Lower Yellowstone Falls plunges 308 feet (94 meters) and is the highest-volume waterfall in the Rocky Mountains. Some of the unusual coloring on the ice is the result of mineral-rich rock dust that has been eroded and deposited by the Yellowstone River. The blue icicles result from the ice being uniform and free of bubbles, so it reflects only blue wavelengths of light.
    Yellowstone-Falls-Lower_Winter_Color...jpg
  • Cascade Creek flows past ice-covered rocks and brush on a below-freezing morning in Yosemite National Park, California.
    Yosemite_Cascade-Creek_Ice_9575.jpg
  • Methane bubbles are trapped among the other shapes in a small frozen pond in Lynnwood, Washington. Microbes release methane gas as they consume organic matter in the pond. The gas bubbles are trapped as the pond freezes.
    Pond_Frozen-Bubbles_Lynnwood_8378.jpg
  • Steam fog, also known as sea smoke, rises from the Sammamish River near Woodinville, Washington, on a cold morning. Steam fog occurs when cold air — it was 22 degrees Fahrenheit at the time this image was captured — passes over warmer water. Moisture rises from the relatively warm river and turns to vapor inches above the surface when it hits the freezing-cold air.
    Sammamish-River_Steam-Fog_7997.jpg
  • Trees covered in frost brightly stand out from the shaded hillside along Black Slough near Deming, Washington. Freezing fog rising from the slough on a 17°F morning coated the trees in ice.
    Frost-Covered-Trees_Deming_6722.jpg
  • Trees covered in frost brightly stand out from the shaded hillside along Black Slough near Deming, Washington. Freezing fog rising from the slough on a 17°F morning coated the trees in ice.
    Frost-Covered-Trees_Deming_6726.jpg
  • Lake Superior, the largest of the five North American Great Lakes, is covered in late winter ice in this twilight view from Whitefish Point on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
    LakeSuperior_Frozen_Whitefish-Point_...jpg
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