Regular Member daryl Posted December 21, 2007 Regular Member Share Posted December 21, 2007 During part of the winter in the Red Rocks in Nevada, there can be found a few seasonal waterfalls. We hiked a bit to find one of these - because it was on the shadow side of the rocks, it got no sun, so it froze as it hit the bottom of the canyon. The ice deposited at the bottom formed perfectly clear coatings on the rocks - inches thick in places. Directly under the falls, the water formed ice formations in spires and peaks - a bit further away, it formed nodules of clear ice in delicately veined globes - all alive with air bubbles that travel along the surface of the supporting rocks. These static pictures do not do the falls justice. They are literally, a living thing. Truly beautiful. I tried to take pictures up, under the falls, but just then the wind shifted and the water poured down over me. If I did not scamble quickly down over the ice to drier rocks, I would have turned into a frozen statue! As it was, walking back, wet, was not so much fun. Luckily, my special hat shed the majority of it, and I had enough coat layers that most of the water did not make it through to my skin. I was happy - except I did NOT get the picture I was after.Here are a few we captured....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Regular Member nickie73 Posted December 21, 2007 Regular Member Share Posted December 21, 2007 Stunning!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member glitterfish Posted December 21, 2007 Regular Member Share Posted December 21, 2007 Wow those are beautiful photos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Shamu23 Posted December 21, 2007 Regular Member Share Posted December 21, 2007 thats really cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member dfernandez77 Posted December 21, 2007 Regular Member Share Posted December 21, 2007 thats really cool! I was going to say the same thing. But I thought it would be too punny. Great pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Blue Posted December 21, 2007 Regular Member Share Posted December 21, 2007 Great pics Daryl They are stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Tosakin in Oz Posted December 23, 2007 Regular Member Share Posted December 23, 2007 wow Carol, that's fascinating! great pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member lucky13 Posted December 23, 2007 Regular Member Share Posted December 23, 2007 wow! we dont have any awsom landforms or wildlife either, except disiesed pigeons rats and squirles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member dickey_moe Posted December 24, 2007 Regular Member Share Posted December 24, 2007 I would love to go hiking there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member selena685 Posted December 24, 2007 Regular Member Share Posted December 24, 2007 Those photos are really beautiful. Our x-mas is in summer so we don't get snow or ice. Reminds me a bit of Superman's house in the Antarctic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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