The Beauty of Winter

The Beauty of Winter

Now that we are deep into the summer, the snow and cold of winter seem further away, and so we thought we'd remind you that even the cold season has its beauty, especially when a blanket of white covers the world, returning a magical look of innocence to a seemingly unspoiled world.  And for those of you in the Southern hemisphere that need no reminder, maybe this'll help appreciating the beauty of your current season!

When snow comes to Sweden, even the lifts are frozen in place.

Austria has the only forest-popsicle.

A frozen waterfall in Germany.

A glacier overlooking a pond in Alaska.

The German Black Forest in winter.

Bulgaria, Shipka pass in mid-winter.

A huge glacier in South Argentina.

Unlike the former photos, this one was taken in July! This is the French side of Mont Blanc in the Alps.

A place untouched by human interference - Lake Peyto in Canada.

A car left in New Jeresy's Marlboro woods in winter.

An orange flash among the white, a mountain ignites in Iceland.

The Black Forest is actually quite white at times.

Beautiful Lauterbrunnen Valley, Switzerland.

Alpamayo mounatin, peru, looking like a mountain of pure vanilla ice-cream.

As seen from above, these are tracks left by seals as they made their way on this ice floe in Antarctica.

Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland

A very cold looking church, but closer to God as it was built on the top of Wendelstein mountain, Germany.

The Washington monument proudly withstanding the blizzard raging around it.

Sunlight bursting through the trees in the Sonian forest, Belgium.

Standing near Potsdam, Germany, is the Gitterpavillion.

Hoar frost in Germany.

A snowy dawn in gorgeous Paris.

Impossible to tell if this shot is in black and white, or if those are just the colors of this wintery enviornment.

But of course, let's not forget the colors we also like to see, such as green and blue...