Guys!!! So I had this super cute idea- millions have probably done this but here’s my post about it anyways So!! It’s summertime. Walmart has these funky designed silicon ice cube trays right?? Use them to freeze ice cube herbs!! I recently bought the pineapple-shaped one (but I’m considering on going back for more after this) and I went home from uni for the weekend where my mom sent me back with fresh mint and epazote leaves from her garden. I looked up some ways to store them, but then saw the ice cube method. Anyways, this fun thing happened:

Throwing Tea In The Air At -40 degrees centigrade. 

Pouring a Thermos of Hot Tea at -40°C Near the Arctic Circle

Ontario-based photographer Michael Davies timed this impressive shot of his friend Markus hurling a thermos of hot tea through the air yesterday in -40°C weather. At such frigid temperatures water freezes instantly to form a dramatic plume of ice. For the last decade Davies has worked as a photographer in the fly-in community of Pangnirtung in Canada’s High Arctic, only 20km south of the Arctic Circle, a place that sees about two hours of sunlight each day during the winter. He shares via email that almost nothing was left to chance in creating the photo, as so many things had to be perfectly timed:

Around 1pm I jumped on my skidoo along with my friend Markus and we drove 45 minutes to the top of a nearby mountain where the light (which is almost always pink near the solstice) would hit the hills. Prepared with multiple thermoses filled with tea, we began tossing the water and shooting. Nothing of this shot was to chance, I followed the temperature, watched for calm wind, and 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’s impossible to control.