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❄️ This surreal frozen formation looks almost otherworldly — yet it’s entirely real. Brooks Range, Northern Alaska 🇺🇸 What you’re seeing is a wind-sculpted rime-ice tree, formed when freezing fog and relentless Arctic winds layer ice in one direction over many hours. These incredible shapes only appear in some of the coldest, most extreme environments on Earth. A natural ice sculpture carved solely by the Alaskan winter.