The Snow Sculptures of Riverside Drive

Since the snowstorm two weeks ago, New York City has entered into a deep freeze. 

The snow remains on the ground and various surfaces of the city, literally frozen in place. There are mountains and rocks and fields and valleys of solid snow, glacier-like, making the whole of NYC look like the surface of the moon.

But out of Mother Nature's icy dump on NYC, something else has emerged -- art.

Walking along Riverside Drive recently, I came upon these snow sculptures. What's intriguing about them is that it's impossible to tell if they were man-made or nature-made. Either guess might be correct. But these snow sculptures are a reminder that beautiful things can come out of mess -- and that the natural world and the city have a magical fusion.