“On Jan. 27, 2021, water melted off of Tammy Shriver’s rooftop in Bangor, dripped onto the tree branches below, then refroze in the shape of a hummingbird.”
“A little bit of sunshine that day melted the hummingbird somewhat, transforming it into a different bird.”
[Story here, h/t Pam M.]
Roland, a 4,000 pound elephant seal, getting a snow bath from his handler at Berlin Zoo, c. 1930.
[All .gif transformations were created from photos found via DuckDuckGo image search. Photos for top morph were stolen shamelessly and without permission from Dan J.]
[Top: I rotated & morphed the negative image of the snow shadow. Bottom: Original image found here.]
Update: FWIW, here’s the positive of the morphed image:
[Found here, and there’s more at the link.]
.Gif animations found at the following links:
Russia, Yamal Peninsula. The ‘chum’- the Nenets’ dwelling – is as mobile as they are. It consists of long sticks, and stitched reindeer skins stretched over it. The image was taken by Vladimir Alexseev.
[Image and caption found here.]
[Found here.]
Tacky Raccoons 