Frosted Farmington Bay WMA
I have mentioned in recent posts that winter can be harsh in the Salt Lake Valley in posts with images I had taken at Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area so I wanted to share these two images taken there yesterday. This image shows the hoar frost covered trees, cattails and an iced over pond. The temps were warmer yesterday by a few degrees than they had been, earlier in the week the lowest I saw was -12F and yesterday it was -1F. The hoar frost is actually quite thick first thing in the morning and as the sun rises it flakes off slowly from the items it has attached to. Somewhere behind the lake fog in the background is Antelope Island State Park in the distance.
Hoar frost covered tree
The hoar frost always reminds me of the “Snow Queen” written by Hans Christian Andersen and published in 1845. I remember reading the book several times as a child and the visualizations I had in my mind from reading that book seemed to come alive the first time I saw Farmington Bay coated in frost.
The birds of Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area are also covered in frost in those early morning hours. It is a harsh environment in the winter but it is definitely beautiful.
You can see a frost covered Bald Eagle and a Barn Owl on some of my other posts: Bald Eagle – Barn Owl
Life is good.
Mia
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The tree is just lovely! I wish I could spend weeks or months in a location where winter was this apparent. Next season 2014, hopefully.
ohh, i like it a lot, the ligth is soft and a bit worm in oposite with the frozen vegetation, it s excellent, well done mia =))
I love photos of hoar frost especially the second with the lines of the trees and grass against the blue sky.
Thanks Jane, I love seeing the frost against the blue sky too.
Breathtakingly beautiful. Here it is hotter, getting hotter by the day and these images are filling me with yearning.
EC, I hope they cool you down just by looking at them.
Love the first shot…Beautiful…have decided you and Ron are NUTS!!!
Yep Patty, we probably are.
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I agree FWMA is a greaT place, the year I was there it was warm snow in the morning melted bt afternoon
Myer, I wish you could see Farmington with heavy snow and hoar frost, definitely a winter wonderland.
Superb.
Thanks Bob!
Nice! That second one is my favorite. Love the composition and the frosted tree against that blue sky!
Thank you Montanagirl. That tree is one of my favorites.
Beautiful images, Mia.
Thanks so much Sonya!