
This is needle ice, which I observed growing out of the ground the morning of September 12th next to a backcountry lake in Yosemite National Park at 9,370 feet. More on the phenomenon here.

This is needle ice, which I observed growing out of the ground the morning of September 12th next to a backcountry lake in Yosemite National Park at 9,370 feet. More on the phenomenon here.