Some of the must beautiful art we see in this world is not created by famous painters, sculptors, or other artists, but by mother nature herself. The photo you see above is of a frost flower. Frost flowers are not real flowers, though but are formed by capillary action of an exposed stem of a plant when the air is below freezing but the ground is not. The stem of a plant will expand in the cold weather and crack, but water will still be continuously drawn up from the ground and will freeze into thin layers of ice when it is exposed to the air, forming frost flowers. As beautiful as they are though, frost flowers are extremely rare as they only form in specific conditions when temperatures are just right. The plants create them usually at night but they are extremely fragile and as the sun beams through the morning sky, they melt away. I hope to be able to see one one day but if you are ever lucky enough, make sure to take plenty of photos!!!