For a desert native, the frigid, white, crystalline substance is a bit foreign and quite intriguing.
When I was a child I was fascinated by heights and yearned to grow up to be a mountain climber. Those plans ended when I read a book about the ascent of Everest by Tenzing and Hillary, and learned about the severe inconveniences of altitude sickness, acute frostbite, and being forced to seek shelter in small, snowy tents for long periods at unfathomably cold temperatures -- with unrelenting, screaming wind as accompaniment.
Thus this macro shot is as close to a snow-encased summit as I've ever been.
Faux Summits, #3279
© 2010 James W. Murray, all rights reserved.
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Details: January 9, 2011; Canon 20D; f/6.3 @ 1/500 sec; +2 EV; ISO 400; 100mm.
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