River Ice

[yuccahead]

Ice forms along the Colorado River in Utah during this recent cold spell.

[TradClimber]

Very cool aquacicles.

TradClimber

[reptilist]

Ah yes! The best thing about winter is your ice pictures!

[Vulture]

Very cool (brrrrr) indeed.

How was the ice formed in pictures 2, 4 and 5?

[yuccahead]

Ah yes! The best thing about winter is your ice pictures!

If you can't get warm, at least get some pictures, I always say.

Very cool (brrrrr) indeed.

How was the ice formed in pictures 2, 4 and 5?

I found some big piles of driftwood that had washed up along the banks of the river. Ice was coating the wood and melting off then refreezing like this-


The best ones, however, were touching the sand and being lapped at by the water as it moved on and off of the beach. I had to reach down with my little camera in between pieces of drftwood to get the shot I wanted and pretty much just shot blindly since I couldn't even see the screen.
Glad you guys like them.

[Vulture]

Good eye and perspective.

[LDMGOLD]

YH, We love your ice photos. We live in a nice warm desert area and don't see much ice. We haven't had a decent freeze in four or five years around here. My wife is from St Johns and I know it get cold up on the Plateau with lots of ice in the winter time. Thanks for sharing.

Tom K.

[silent hunter]

Tom I lived in st. Johns for alot of years. There is alot of history in that little area. Yes it gets cold in the winter in that town

Best Wishes
Kurt Painter

[LDMGOLD]

Kurt:

My wife graduated from St. Johns High School a long time ago. We lived in Springerville and St Johns for a short time. To cold up there for an old desert rat from Apache Junction.

Tom K.

[dorkus]

Ice forms along the Colorado River in Utah during this recent cold spell.

I really really like this on. I'm a huge fan of shadows in pictures like this....Should be turned into a print in my opinion