“With luck, it might even snow for us.” (Haruki #Murakami, After Dark) ❄️ 👻 🏔️ Strangely shaped, #snow covered trees, nicknamed #SnowMonsters cover the slopes of Mount #Zao near Yamagata, Japan. #MountZao, an 1,841 high #volcano straddling #Yamagata and #Miyagi Prefectures, is one of the few places in #Japan where the phenomenon of "snow monsters" can be seen. Strong winds over the nearby lake fling water droplets which freeze against the trees and their branches until near-horizontal icicles begin to form. Falling snow settles on the #IceFormations and the end result is a strange figure of a white #tree. | January 19, 2019 | 📷: Carl_Court | #GettyImagesNews