A number of years ago, during a particularly cold November here in Madison, WI, we received a call from a friend saying that I needed to go out on the frozen lake. This was a particularly cold stretch with no snow, so the lakes were just translucent ice. Once I got out not the ice I could see what he was excited by. The patterns, both on, and in the ice were spectacular. However what I found to be the most mesmerizing were the ice fishing holes. Although I could not stand there and fish over a small hole in the ice, I found that when they froze over they produced some of the most intriguing images I have captured. You are looking at a round hole in the ice, but little imagination you could believe you are looking deeply into someones eye, or examining the furthest reaches of the universe. Now every winter I make time to wander out on the ice and see what patterns are produced in these holes.

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