19th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Air Bubbles Trapped in Ice

Lake Baikal is the largest fresh water lake in the world. The long winter there usually results in one of the rare phenomenon in the world – air bubbles trapped in ice as the lake freezes in the sub-zero temperature.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 02.2019
Date Uploaded: 11.2021
Photo Location: Siberia, Russia
Camera: NIKON D850
Copyright: © Chi Fun Fanny Ng