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Single Celled Flagellated Cells Looking for a Single Celled Partner

This AiA rendering is a photograph taken in the ice ponds of a local park as they started to thaw after a major storm, followed by minus degrees of bitter cold, and subsequently followed by 40 degree weather.  The shapes that manifest in this instance were small microbubbles with waves of icy water.  The small bubbles are reminiscent of sperm cells and the waves of transparent ice reminiscent of the tail of the sperm. With a single ejaculation between 40 million and 1.2 billion cells of sperm cells are released.  Only one may successfully bond with the single cell provided by the female . This is just the way the human reproductive system works.  The bonding creates a new life and this story is the miracle.

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Single Celled Flagellated Cells Looking for a Single Celled Partner

The formation of ice crystals require special winter conditions. In this case, micro-air bubbles create the appearance of flagellated cells in an ice pond.  Freezing cold and water are basic ingredients. Temperature and humidity determine crystalline forms.

The advertisement that is imagined along with this image is “FLAGELLATED SINGLE CELLED REPRODUCTIVE CELLS LOOKING FOR A SINGLE LIFELONG MATURE PARTNER TO CREATE A MIRACLE..another winter wonder”

This AiA rendering is a photograph taken in the ice ponds of a local park as they started to thaw after a major storm, followed by minus degrees of bitter cold, and subsequently followed by 40 degree weather.  The shapes that manifest in this instance were small microbubbles with waves of icy water.  The small bubbles are reminiscent of sperm cells and the waves of transparent ice reminiscent of the tail of the sperm. With a single ejaculation between 40 million and 1.2 billion cells of sperm cells are released.  Only one may successfully bond with the single cell provided by the female . This is just the way the human reproductive system works.  The bonding creates a new life and this story is the miracle.

In this art piece crystalised bubbles  project off the ice ponds.  They are likely formations of air bubbles caught in the snow and ice which helped this beautiful creation of nature.  One just has to look at the microcosms of the backyard and you will find little pieces of heaven and the miraculous earth.

On the day I photographed the image, the conditions were ripe. A  “bad” snowstorm in February 2016 with 8-12 inches of snow, was followed by a Valentines day of zero degrees Fahrenheit, and then followed a day later by a morning with temperatures reaching 40 degrees Fahrenheit.  Ice ponds with transparent and often cracked thin ice could be found all over the park  As I looked more closely at these ice ponds with my macro lens – my breath was taken away by the geometric forms of nature.

Just a click of the camera and a moment of time in nature, likely never to surface again, was captured.

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