On Thin Ice

One of New Mexico's harshest mornings gripped the Rio Grande Valley as brutal cold transformed the protective pond into a treacherous ice field. A sandhill crane fights for balance on the frozen surface, wings spread wide not for flight, but for balance—using them as stabilizers against the unforgiving slick beneath its feet. This is nature's raw challenge captured in a single frame: the crane caught between safety and flight, battling the elements before it can take to the sky.

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