ice formations
Crystallized water shapes
Ice formations are structures created when water freezes, ranging from delicate frost patterns on windows to massive glaciers and icebergs.
The term covers natural phenomena like icicles, ice sheets, and the intricate crystals in snowflakes, as well as formations shaped by wind, pressure, or flowing water: The cave's ice formations had been growing for centuries.
Scientists study ice formations to understand climate history preserved in polar ice cores.
- floeDrifting sea ice
- iciclesFrozen hanging water formations
- glacierSlow-moving ice mass
- glacial iceCompressed snow becoming solid
- frostThin ice coating
diamond dust · drift ice · rime · frost flowers · ice crystal · verglas · ice cap · graupel · ice sheet · crevasse · serac · snowflake · icefall · névé · firn · sea ice · iceberg · stalagmite
- winter landscapesnow, ice, frost, powder, drifts
- Ice cavesblue ice, ice crystals, ice walls
- Antarctic explorationexpedition journals, glaciology, research stations, ice core analysis, Terra Nova
- Great LakesLake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Ontario
ice formationsliquid water
H2O in flowing state
water vapor · steam · meltwater · bodies of water · pools
ice formationsfire
Combustion with flames
flames · heat sources · hot springs · thermal vents · boiling water
ice formationslava flows
Moving volcanic rock
volcanic formations · magma · lava fields · volcanic rock · lava tubes