Rime Ice Farm Fence Line Youth T-Shirt

Rime Ice Farm Fence Line by Dale Kauzlaric -- We have had freezing fog and the conditions have been just right, where it has lasted on the trees for over six days. I am sure most of you have heard of hoar frost, but if you have not, it is similar to dew and happens on cold and clear nights. But I learned something new this winter. The conditions were just right this winter for rime ice to form. It is when supercooled water drops (in liquid form) in the air come in contact with a surface below freezing. Those liquid water droplets then freeze on contact. The crystals can be quite long and look like shards of glass up close.

I went to the Mead Wildlife Area near Mosinee in Marathon County, Wisconsin. Here is how the rime ice looked along the fence line with the farm in the distance. Everything is absolutely covered with ice and looks beautiful. -- dalekphotography.com

As a Wisconsin-based photographer and having grown up in Vilas County with its over 1,300 lakes, the outdoors runs through my veins. Through the 40 years of chasing images with a camera, landscape photography is my favorite, particularly landscapes with water, any kind of water. Colorful sunrises and sunsets can be captivating. Shooting after the sun goes down can yield amazing images. Waterfowl or other wildlife can provide quite the challenge to get up close in their natural settings. Someone left a comment on one of my sunset images about capturing the colors the master painter provided. I guess that would sum up what I try to do, that is to capture that opportunity that God provides and share it to the best of my ability by telling...