To end the year, a hymn of praise to the beauty of ice, solid water, water that is essential to all life on earth.
We only caught the edge of the big storm that devastated much of the US over Christmas, and by the time it reached us it had turned to rain, lots of rain, 3″per hour at times. The rise in temperature melted some of our existing 17″ of snow, so we had water pouring into our streams and rivers, raising water levels by several feet.
And then the temperature plummeted. On the surface, at the edges, and everywhere within reach of the spray and the splash the water turned to ice, and then as the water levels fell and drained away from underneath, ice continued to form. And created some of the most beautiful ice formations I have ever seen.
Thankyou for joining me, and farewell 2022. Welcome 2023. Happy New Year.
PS In the first version of this post I casually, and wrongly, called this “hair ice”. Hair ice is real, but this isn’t it! I posted about actual hair ice a couple of years ago, here https://eyesonthewild.blog/2020/03/30/the-crystalline-spring/
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So beautiful! Your blog gives me so much pleasure. Thank you — and Happy New Year, 2023!
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Incredibly beautiful. “hair ice” ..did you make that up or is it a real thing?
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May 2023 be as beautiful as your photos
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I am so grateful that you captured all that beauty. Each one unique and you may never see anything like it again. Fascinating and gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
Happy happy 2023
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Hair ice is a real thing, but this isn’t it! This is needle ice, and maybe I’ll talk about it more in a later post. Meanwhile, I’ve corrected this post, and included a link to an earlier post about hair ice!
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What a wonderful finale to your 2022 blog-year…such exquisite photos…all so unique…you must have had a wonderful time looking thru your lens(es)! I love the ‘toothpaste’ one…our wonderful and oh, so very special planet…so mind-boggeling. Happy and peaceful ending of 2022 and a healthy and peaceful 2023.
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N[ice]! Lovely shots! All the best for ’23!
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I can tell you had fun photographing this piece! Such gorgeous pictures. I was trying to capture some like this but mine are no where near the beauty of yours! Happy New Year.
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WOW, amazing, impressive, never seen such ice!!!
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Extraordinary and so beautiful. All the best for 2023 and thanks for the always fascinating blog.
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Absolutely stunning.
Happy New Year.
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My reaction is the same as Gloria’s – something you were fortunate to see and probably only once in a lifetime. Lucky you to be there and to be looking. and Lucky us that you captured it and shared. Happy New Year!
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