How Jack Frost decorated my Rover... The amazing ice graffiti found after a freezing cold night



Jack Frost has a decidedly mischievous streak in his character, it seems.



For when Robert Baker went outside on Wednesday morning, he found his car had been sprayed with dramatic ice graffiti.



Frost had tagged the windscreen and roof with the characteristic fronds and swirls of fern frost, which forms during the coldest nights.

A touch of Jack Frost: Robert Baker was amazed to find his wife's car covered in dramatic ice graffiti after a freezing night in the cold

Nice ice: The frost patterns on Julie Baker's car made beautiful patterns

'I couldn't believe what I saw,' said Mr Baker, 76, who had intended to defrost his wife's Rover 45, in Folkestone, Kent. 'I called to my wife Julie to have a look.'



The pattern was one bit of graffiti he didn't mind seeing. 'Usually I would have defrosted the vehicle fairly quickly but the ice formations were stunning,' he said.



'They didn't last long - they were gone as soon as the sun came out.'



Ice work: Stuart Dent's car was also hit by the ice artists

It appears the ice artists were out in force.



In Oxfordshire, Stuart Dent found similar patterns on his Jaguar.



Car windows and paintwork are good heat conductors and water droplets often form in very cold weather.



Tiny imperfections such as scratches and dust influence their arrangement, so when they freeze, they form beautiful patterns.

