Knot Divided in Snow

Mathematical forms are no longer unusual sights at the annual International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge, Colo. For 7 years, mathematician Stan Wagon of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., and his team have carved huge blocks of snow into graceful geometric shapes.

Dubbed “Knot Divided,” this snow sculpture has an intricate form that incorporates a Möbius strip.