# @gettyimages on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs0y-uWgVLJ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/16448609-gettyimages-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/e019afaebd.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-01-19T17:43:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Getty Images (@GettyImages) — https://gondola.cc/GettyImages

## Caption

“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

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## Tags

japan, iceformations, zao, murakami, snow, tree, volcano, yamagata, mountzao, miyagi, snowmonsters, gettyimagesnews

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