Winter - Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Photos by Charles Wilder.

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Icicle on birch bud.
Icicle on birch bud.
Hoar frost on fern frond.
Hoar frost on fern frond.
"Sawteeth" view from the "Jump-Off".
"Sawteeth" view from the "Jump-Off".
Frost heave ice crystal.
Frost heave ice crystal.
"Ice Bells" on moss.
"Ice Bells" on moss.
Partridgeberry and snow crystals.
Partridgeberry and snow crystals.
Snowy Cascade on Rhododendron Creek.
Snowy Cascade on Injun Creek.
Icicles on sphagnum moss.
Icicles on sphagnum moss.
Mountain view from Appalachian Trail.
Mountain view from Appalachian Trail.
"Bird's Nest" fungi and snow crystals.
"Bird's Nest" fungi and snow crystals.
Ramsey Cascades icicles.
Ramsey Cascades icicles.
Blowing snow along the "Jump-Off".
Blowing snow along the "Jump-Off".

Hoar frost on moss fruiting body.