Awful and endless as this winter has been, it's produced at least one worthwhile natural phenomenon: "slurpee waves." Amazing photos—taken by Jonathan Nimerfroh and published in Stay Wild Magazine—show the half-frozen waves of slush cresting and crashing into the beaches of Nantucket.

Nimerfroh explained the photoshoot to Stay Wild: "Just been super cold here. The harbor to the main land is frozen solid. No boats running.But yea, the day after I took these it actually froze up the shoreline for 200 yards out. Solid ice. I was totally tripping when I pulled up to the beach and saw this."

The full photo set is available at Stay Wild.