Tricia McKinney

This is a photo I took at Mills Reservation in Montclair, NJ. I walk my dogs there every weekend, and on December 8th I saw interesting little ice formations everywhere I stepped. I got down to ground level to snap a picture on my phone. After crowd-sourcing identification from my Facebook friends, I learned about "needle ice." It is formed when flowing water underground meets air that is below freezing. The water is drawn upwards through the ground and freezes in gorgeous little formations. I learned something on my walk that day and can't wait until the next time conditions are right to see it again.