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Colorful Birefringence Rainbows on Ice: 11 Captivating Examples

Please check out these 11 colorful images. Nature is amazing.

What Is Birefringence?

ScienceDirect Explains Birefringence:

“Birefringence, also known as double refraction. It’s is an optical property in which a single ray of unpolarized light splits into multiple rays in different directions.”

The appearance is similar to that of a rainbow.

The patterns are not visible to the naked eye. And you need a polarizer on your camera and a tripod. To bring out the details, I blended as many as 10 or more images for each shot.

All of these images were taken with an EOS R5 with a 100-400 mm lens, many at 400 mm.

Enjoy!

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I love the delicate and very fragile patterns of this image but the rocks are not the prettiest.

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#6

I struggled for a long time with this image. I wanted to get this pattern but without the reed. But removing the reed would have broken the ice.

Instead, I decided to isolate the reed making it a part of the image.

#7

I pondered this image as the lead. I love the beautiful, soft, pastel colors.

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This image and the above image are nearly the same spot. Shifting inches can dramatically change the colors.

#11

Nature is amazing. I am pleased to present these examples.

The first, 6th, 7th, and 11th were my four favorites.

What were yours?

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