90, 180 270, 360 degree icicles "For Rend"

August 1990, Yellowstone National Park. The pictures show icicles reaching out at every angle around this hub cap. It's really amazing the combination of elements that must be perfect for this to happen. The humidity had to be high enough and temperature low enough for frost to form; the sun had to be bright enough for it to melt the frost. We had to get out of bed on our way soon enough that the day did not warm up too much so the temperature low enough for the water to re-freeze. Then that moose had to be walking through the lake at just the right time so we would stop and take a picture. And one of us had to be observant enough to catch sight of this super 'cool' natural coincidence. And...at this time, 1990, I had to have my handy-dandy 110 mm instamatic camera with me and easily accessible, with a few pictures still available.

Here is a sign on a house in Albania. Makes me think of a gang walking around town with sledgehammers and axes, searching for houses that are marked for demolition.