Images: Finding beauty in sub-zero weather
Brutal. Treacherous. Dangerous. Inclement. Bleak.
There are all kinds of words to describe the subzero weather we've experienced over the past few weeks. Our staff of photojournalists went out when the temperatures were 10 degrees below zero, or lower, with the mission of finding the beauty in this arctic blast. Beauty, it is said, is in the eye of the beholder. It's out there, just past your ice covered windows. Bundle up and take a look.
The evening sun illuminates a single window of a barn off Route 12 near Wauconda.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Icicles form on playground equipment at Breezewald Park in Lake Zurich.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Derrick Burress and his son Jackson, 7, of Schaumburg play hockey at ice pond in Schaumburg in 7 degree weather among nature's beauty.
Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com
An American flag on an ice fishing hut is illuminated by the setting sun on Bangs Lake in Wauconda.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Water flows past ice build up in an opening along the West Branch of the DuPage River in the Warrenville Grove Forest Preserve on January 4, 2018.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
Water flows past and under the ice built up in an opening along the West Branch of the DuPage River in the Warrenville Grove Forest Preserve on January 4, 2018.
Mark Black/mblack@dailyherald.com
The pier at Waukegan Harbor is covered by steam from Lake Michigan on a subzero morning in Waukegan.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
The waterfalls are frozen on the pond at Prairie Park in Wheeling. Finding beauty in subzero temperatures.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
A deer grazes in the snow at University of St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein. Finding beauty in subzero temperatures.
Gilbert R. Boucher II/gboucher@dailyherald.com
The Fox River in downtown Aurora, freezes in parts alongside flowing water during recent subzero temperatures.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
The BP Corporate headquarters in Naperville during minus 1 degree temperature.
Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com
Frigid temperatures provided beautiful scenes at sunset in Algonquin on Friday. Here, Crystal Creek moves through Towne Park.
Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.com
Steam rises from unfrozen water as ducks stay warm at Waukegan Harbor.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Steam rises from Lake Michigan as the sun rises near Waukegan Harbor during a subzero morning.
Steve Lundy/slundy@dailyherald.com
Outdoor holiday lights are seen through ice coating a window in subzero temperatures in Crystal Lake.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
Subzero temperatures and warm Fox River water near the South Elgin dam make evaporation fog hang over the river.
John Starks/jstarks@dailyherald.com
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