#71 · Jan 25–29 · Greater Cold

Stream ice grows thick

水沢腹堅

Sawamizu kōri tsumeru · Water in streams freezes solid

Stream ice grows thick

Close-up of layered ice along a stream, trapped bubbles and flowing water beneath.

Poetic & observational

A slower way of seeing seasonal change.

Photographed by Michael Gebert

72 personal photographic responses — not a documentary of Japan.

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