A frozen alien planet filled with ice worms? That's certainly what it looks like, but these incredible images were actually taken near the Arctic Circle, where temperatures can fall as low as -40 degrees Celsius.
The surreal shapes are trees that became coated in a thick layer of snow and frost, due to the dramatic sub-zero conditions. Italy-based photographer Niccolò Bonfadini captured the shots during his nine-day camping trip to Finland last January.
"I was blown away by the otherworldly landscape, everything was white as far as the eye could see. Everything was frozen," Bonfadini told Wired.co. "It was incredible to see how ice would form on top of every free surface. Even my snow shoes and fuel bottles would be covered in ice if I left them outside my tent during the night."
For one of the shots, titled Sentinels of the Arctic, Bonfadini waited on the top of a hill for sunrise, and found a light mist was beginning to form around the trees, which added to the eerie atmosphere.
The young photographer said that photography serves as an excuse to go out into nature, which has fascinated him since childhood. "I feel small and vulnerable among the power of nature," he explained to Daily Mail. "During those moments I really feel alive."
He added that some thought the photos were volcanic eruptions or clouds — to him they appeared to be alive, like frozen people. To see more of Bonfadini's work.
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