Beech woodland in hoar frost, Cranborne Chase, Dorset
Beech woodland in hoar frost, Cranborne Chase, Dorset (© Guy Edwardes/Minden Pictures)
Into the frost forest
This spellbinding wintry woodland is one many ancient forests found in Cranborne Chase, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty stretching across four counties in southern England. To make it especially bewitching, the tree branches are coated in hoar frost, which forms when water vapour touches freezing cold surfaces and turns straight into feathery ice crystals.
© Guy Edwardes/Minden Pictures