Photo Courtesy of @marrden

Yesterday was the 2016 winter solstice, and though it marked the dark and the cold, it also began the countdown to the summer solstice on June 21, 2017!

… So maybe we’re rushing things, but we still can appreciate the frozen wonderland that winter brings. To kick-off winter 2016, we compiled “chillingly” beautiful Instagrams of Princeton.

Photo Courtesy of @willflemer

Photo Courtesy of @jpjohnsonjr

Photo Courtesy of @lindaparkphotography

Photo Courtesy of @princeton_university

Photo Courtesy of @adam_brockett

Photo Courtesy of @lcampbell_photography

Photo Courtesy of @jpjohnsonjr