There is plenty to complain about during winter, but thanks to Canadian photographer Michael Davies, we now have a reminder of how beautiful the bitter cold can actually be.

Davies, who lives in Canada's high arctic, drove his Ski-Doo 45 minutes to the top of a mountain with his camera and friend Markus in tow. "We also brought multiple thermoses filled with tea," he told The Huffington Post.

The air temperature measured -25 and -35 degrees Celsius (or -13 degrees Fahrenheit). Markus threw the hot tea into the freezing air, which resulted in one seriously stunning image.
Michael Davies

Davies, who told HuffPost that the light near the solstice "is almost always pink," was able to capture this moment thanks, in part, to some careful planning.

"I followed the temperature, I watched for calm wind, planned the shot and set it up. Even the sun in the middle of the spray was something I was hoping for, even though it was impossible to control," he said.

Congratulations, Davies. This is the best thing we've seen done with liquid since this:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tea-freezing-temperature-photo_56796174e4b06fa6887e99d4?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592

great shot : )

Adds a new dimension to iced tea.

cool photography..
I have seen this done with hot water

Fantastic combination of science and art and real talent. BRAVO!

i guess the Canadians don't have a lot of other things to do in the winter, besides doing experiments in the cold... but it is pretty cool

That looks pretty cool Mo, great shot! That being said it makes me more grateful I live in a milder climate.

Well, we got to get out of our igloos once in a while... do experiments or make snow angels.... or yellow snow. Oh wait, Dog does that.

Cool!

Beautiful,and great Photographic Skill!

Fabulous.

Plus, it's another great story to use to excuse and even praise, my British style addiction to tea.

seems like a small scale version of what happens on a comet releasing gases/vapor in space, too... IMO, of course...

I think you're right, mighty.

It's also interesting to look at it, and think about how the exact shape of the instantly freezing, hot liquid, shows us how the leading bits of it freeze first, and then the next bits of it get backed up behind that part and so on. So it looks different than if it had been thrown in a warmer environment. The freezing doesn't show us what it WOULD have looked like in a regular snapshot, in other words. Anyway, I can't figure out how to say what I'm trying to say about it. But it's fascinating.