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Free Ice and Frost Pictures: 97 Photos of Glaciers, Icicles, Frozen Lakes and Ice Textures

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Ice crystals in the light

97 free ice and frost pictures from the BigFoto library: the Athabasca Glacier and the Columbia Icefield in the Rockies, the Pasterze and Rhone glaciers in the Alps, walls of icebergs and hunters on the Arctic sea ice, icicles on rocks, fountains and cars, frozen waterfalls, skaters on a frozen lake, cracked and bubbled ice for textures and backgrounds, and hoar frost on leaves, pine needles and twigs.

How to download: click a photo to see it large, then use Download. The originals are about 1200 × 800 pixels: right for blog posts, slides, social media, school projects and video call backgrounds.

Ice textures and close-ups

Ice for backgrounds and design: frost patterns on a window, ice crystals, cracked and bubbled ice, frozen bubbles, ice on a dark pond, a frozen puddle, chunks of ice on dark water, hanging drops of ice and coloured ice cubes.

Frozen lakes and rivers

Skaters on a frozen lake, cracked ice and ice crystals on lakes, stones and reeds frozen into the ice, ice floes and broken ice on winter rivers, boats and a jetty covered in ice.

Icicles and frozen waterfalls

Icicles on rock faces, a fountain, a pillar and a car, a frozen waterfall, an ice column, a frozen fountain and a single icicle on red.

Glaciers

The Athabasca Glacier and the Columbia Icefield in the Canadian Rockies, a glacier above a turquoise lake, the Pasterze glacier in Austria, the Rhone glacier, Alpine glaciers above green valleys and the moraine a glacier leaves behind.

Icebergs and sea ice

An iceberg against the low Arctic sun, a wall of icebergs, icebergs frozen into the sea ice, and hunters and their sledges on the ice.

Frost

Hoar frost on twigs, leaves, pine needles, grass and a purple flower, frosted trees in winter, frost on a bicycle wheel, a car window and a frozen car lock, and a car and a bench covered in ice.

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Questions about these ice photos

Can I use these ice pictures for free?

Yes, for personal and commercial projects. All we ask is a link back to BigFoto.com; the box at the top of the page has a credit link you can copy.

Can I use the ice textures as a background?

Yes. The close-ups of ice crystals, cracked ice and frost patterns work well as backgrounds and overlays for designs, slides and social media posts; a link to BigFoto.com is all we ask.

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