# Tide ice formations in Brofjorden at Sandvik 5

- By: W.carter
- Date: 2021-01-28
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tide_ice_formations_in_Brofjorden_at_Sandvik_5.jpg)
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Tide ice formations in Brofjorden at Sandvik, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden. These "ice flowers" are created around rocks near the shoreline as the water level in the fjord changes with the tide's rise and fall at the same time as the fjord freezes over. Sometimes the broken ice "petals" get covered in hoar frost, making them look woolly. The moving tide also creates the large visible ice crystals along the shore. The raking light from the setting sun is turning the formations pink and the ice sheet blue. This "ice flower" is about half a meter long. Focus stacked from three photos.