Rock in the Ice

Spotted this whilst wandering the footpaths by Chew Reservoir — a rock sitting in a partially frozen puddle, the ice having formed around it in these extraordinary organic patterns. Almost cell-like, or stained glass, depending on how you look at it.

I love how abstract it is. The warm sandy rock surrounded by its dark moat of unfrozen water, set against the pale blue-grey ice panels — and no sense of scale whatsoever. It could be microscopic. It could be a satellite image of a frozen lake. It’s just a puddle by a footpath.