My new desk top

[EJC]

I like the thin line of ice and how it reflects like a steel blade amid the organic shape of the rock and water flow under the ice.

[Mad Aussie]

Why and how did the ice form like that??

[EJC]

Well MA it's like this...

Last month we had some bitterly cold weather (-18c over night) when the water was higher in the river. Since then the weather has been more seasonal and the water level has decreased. Some of the ice broke or melted and the water carried it away. The remainder was stranded on rocks or the shore and settled. We are above freezing most days but below it at night so the ice last quite a while. This is Fish Creek which rarely gets more than half a meter after the spring run off and is only 10 to 20 cm most places

[Mad Aussie]

Cool ... so the top sheet of ice remains while the water smooths it out from underneath. Amazing. It just looks like it's manufactured and laid there.

[Mad Aussie]

You can tell I'm Australian ... snow, ice and water always get my attention

[EJC]

It can be beautiful but the cold is murder on batteries and fingers. I can use 1 battery in my 40D for weeks in the summer but only for a few hours in the winter. And freezing your fingers is worse. It hurts while they freeze then tortures you while they thaw. Actually feezing fingers or toes requires hospitalization because the cells die and can become gangrenous so we try to avoid that