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Tamron Hall

Beautiful frozen bubbles

During an arctic blast last month in Washington, a woman and her son decided to experiment with blowing bubbles, creating these works of art.

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Frozen bubbles

One freezing morning in December, as Angela Kelly waited for the bus in Arlington, Wash. with her 7-year-old son Connor, they decided to blow bubbles.

The bubbles started to freeze and crystalize when they hit the air. "I had often wondered if it was possible for bubbles to freeze, and upon hearing that we were due for an arctic blast decided that it would be a perfect time to test out my theory," Kelly said.

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Bubbles below zero

Kelly photographed the bubbles over a couple of freezing days when temperatures ranged from 16 to 9 degrees.

— Angela Kelly

Ice cold

"We found that the hood and windshield of my car as well as a large patio table worked the best and provided the best opportunity to watch as they froze from different angles," Kelly explains, of their technique.

— Angela Kelly

Made in the shade

"We quickly realized that using a mostly shady area was necessary in order to get the bubbles to freeze in their entirety, and conversely, using a partly sunny area allowed the bubbles to only partially freeze along the bottoms up to about the mid-point of the bubble."

— Angela Kelly

Stages

"We wanted to see them in all different stages: frozen completely, half-frozen and only partially frozen."

— Angela Kelly

Lighten up

A group of half-frozen bubbles are warmed by sunlight.

— Angela Kelly

Bubble love

"Bubbles are such whimsical and fantastical things," Kelly said. "Everyone knows what they are; they have all seen them, played with them, and enjoyed them but rarely in this form."

— Angela Kelly

Ice sculpture

Bubbles freeze different ways for a variety of beautiful shapes.

— Angela Kelly

Inspiration

"I am often asked what inspired me to do a particular series or what I hoped to convey in my work and my answer is always the same," Kelly said. "I love being able to show others something that they have perhaps taken for granted and walked by too quickly to notice before."

— Angela Kelly

Slow down

"I hope that in sharing my work, it will help others to change their perspective and take the time to enjoy and savor the beauty around them in the most unfamiliar or surprising ways possible."

— Angela Kelly

Forever young

"I hope that viewers, when seeing this, are reminded that one is never too old to stop and enjoy the incredible beauty that is around them if they only look and to encourage their children to do the same," Kelly said.

— Angela Kelly

'The little things'

"Simply put," she added, "I want to encourage others to slow down and appreciate the little things."

— Angela Kelly
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