January 23, 2008
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Frozen Waterfall and Ice Columns
One very nice aspect of the cold weather we have been having here in the Ozarks recently is that some beautiful ice sculptures have been forming. In a ravine below the cabin is an intermittent waterfall which is frozen, captured in the photo below.
Below is a close up view of the icicles in the lower right portion of the waterfall showing the varied textures formed. These horizontal banding on some of these icicles in particular reminded me of stalactites, and I recently learned that when icicles grow to form a frozen connection to the ground they are then called ice columns.
