In Photos: A Layer of Crystal-Clear Ice and the Andes Mountain

Shortlisted, Nerc colleagues, families and friends category: Twas-Brillig by Carol Cotterill, Edinburgh.

“The countryside around us is magical and ethereal, especially when wreathed in mist. This image was taken in my field area of the Lake District, where myself and three PhD students have been looking at the evolution of the landscape, and its shaping by ice, water and then man.”
Photograph: Carol Cotterill/NERC Science photo competition