January 15 – Ice Crystal – Snowflake

January is filled with ice and snow, and the scenery is incredible everywhere. You don’t have to leave your yard to photograph some of nature’s most fascinating details.

This image was captured by mounting my camera on a frozen microscope. When you first focus on a snow crystal, you’re struck with awe as its intricate structure comes into view.

As a photographer, I often feel overwhelmed standing before a landscape covered with billions of these tiny works of art—knowing I will never see most of them. Yet seeing even one feels like a special gift.

“From whose womb did the ice come forth, and who has given birth to the frost of heaven?” — Job 38:29

If God cares enough to craft beauty at this scale—unseen and fleeting—how much more care must He have for us?