A canvas of ice.
Dr. Peter Wasilewski, a NASA scientist, paints with frizion crystals. His images show that joy present in the natural world. The shapes arise from water crystals that form on earth and are unlike the many other forms of ice known of in the Milky Way and beyond.
Thin layers of water are frozen, manipulated, and viewed through polarized light. Light has wave-like properties, one of which is vibration. A polarizing filter is placed on a light table to polarize the light passing through. A petri dish with a thin layer of water in the process of freezing is placed over the filter. As the polarized light passes through the forming ice crystals, it is bent in two slightly different directions and forms two different rays of light. The color palette in the images is created by rotating a second polarizing filter placed over the ice to intercept and resolve these emerging light rays.
Thanks to Bioephemera for bringing these beautiful images to my attention.
Amazing how beautiful nature is from the microcosmos of elements all the way to the macro cosmos of galaxies and nebula. Forms like these arise from chaos and are more beautiful than anything man can produce. Thanks for sharing.