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They showed a picture of a Frost Flower during the weather report on GMA.  I have never seen or heard of these.  They are so cool!  What a neat gift from Mother Nature!

 

Here is a description and a couple of pics: 

 

A Frost Flower is formed when thin layers of ice are extruded from long-stemmed plants in autumn or early winter.  The thin layers of ice are often formed into exquisite patterns that curl into petals that resemble flowers.

 
 
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I saw that, also. Almost looks like spun sugar.

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Yea - like cotton candy...........beautiful & strange

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Fascinating - sorry I missed that so thanks for the post!

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@catter70  Yes, it does!  Some of the ribbon-type forms look like salt water taffy when it's being pulled by those machines.

 

 

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So dainty and pretty. Thanks for posting.

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I've never heard of these either. Nature is so fascinating. Thank you for sharing the pictures and the information. Really spectacular looking. 

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Wow that's really cool. I haven't seen that phenomena before so thank you for sharing the photos and the explanation. 

 

A gift from mother nature indeed.

 

A big chunk of ice fell of the roof this morning as I was sitting here working (the temps have finally warmed up a bit and the sun is out). I jumped out of the chair because it fell right past the window.

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@GinaV24 .

So glad the sun came out and maybe the temperatures will rise.

Must have been quite a sight to see the ice fall right past your window.