One of my favorite aspects of winter is that it has a knack for turning the ordinary into something extraordinary – a puddle of water or even a glass window can morph into a fascinating world of textures and patterns when frozen – if you take the time to be curious and investigate.
While wandering the shore of an unassuming local pond one winter morning, I was on the hunt for overlooked details in the icy surface of the pond when I discovered a patch of bubbles trapped in the frozen pond. When I zoomed in on the selection of bubbles captured here, my brain ran wild as I processed the various shapes and attempted to determine what they resembled, similar to staring up at the clouds on a lazy summer afternoon and seeing “animals” and “faces.” I settled on what I imagine the “primordial soup” – a hypothetical liquid that existed on Earth billions of years ago that was rich in organic compounds and favorable for the emergence of life – looked like (albeit frozen), and hence named this image “Frozen Origins.”
Stay tuned for the third and final installment of the Frozen Bubbles series next week!
Joey Priola Wilderness Photography 