Bubbles

Perhaps because I spent countless hours during my college years poring over various books on cell biology, this bizarre scene of frozen bubbles and a sheet of ice on the surface of a pond seemed to resemble a textbook diagram of a mitochondrion releasing cytochrome c. And with that, the Frozen Bubbles series is complete.Continue reading “Bubbles”

Photo of the Week

Ice coats rounded granite boulders along the rugged coast of Maine on a frigid evening in February. The night before was the coldest weather my Dad and I have ever camped in, with temperatures dipping close to -20 degrees Fahrenheit! Braving the winter weather has several advantages, though, including practically zero crowds and interesting photo-ops.Continue reading “Photo of the Week”

Photo of the Week

Ice coats rounded granite boulders along the rugged coast of Maine on a frigid evening in February. The night before was the coldest weather my Dad and I have ever camped in, with temperatures dipping close to -20 degrees Fahrenheit! Braving the winter weather has several advantages, though, including practically zero crowds and interesting photo-ops.Continue reading “Photo of the Week”

Photo of the Week

During stretches of sub-freezing winter weather, the shoreline of Lake Ontario transforms into a fantasyland of ice sheets and towers. As sunset approached one evening while I was exploring the shore, a large sheet of “pancake” ice among the smaller pieces caught my eye. As the large pancake bobbed in the icy water, it gotContinue reading “Photo of the Week”