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20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Artistic
Patterns in the ice left when the water receded.

Most of my photographs are taken within a half-mile of my house on walks through the woods and down our road. I happened to notice these areas of ice after a rain which froze the water in the ditches and left these patterns after the water receded.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 02.2021
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Camera: iPhone 11 Pro
Copyright: © Steve Prettyman