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Started by Steve OK, 01/09/2011 04:00PM
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Or ice ribbons...formed when water is wicked through cracks in the stems of certain woody plants, and then freezes. The are quite common in the woods of SE Oklahoma this time of year, but this example was pretty striking!

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The stem that produced this is at the bottom...

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Very unusual, never saw these before. grin
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Very cool.
I'm with everyone else in that I've never seen anything like this before.

Thanks for posting,
Robert
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