Bows and flows of angel hair

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Bows and flows of angel hair

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Rising from the water in shimmering tiers, it looks more like a fairy tale castle than a lighthouse.

But this incredible sculpture was actually created by layers of frost encrusted on the walls of the structure which sits at Cleveland Harbour on the shores of Lake Erie, Ohio.
Sub-zero air temperatures have caused the water to freeze in multiple layers, coating the entire building in ice. It has also made it virtually impossible for mariners to see the light.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... z18L7jsBGJ
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ThX Gob your eye for unusual photography is always a pleasure!

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All that ice can't be good for it's structural integrity. Cool picture anyway.

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Ice cream castles in the air.

It must be due to global warming.

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They showed this on Anderson Cooper last night, too. Beautiful!
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Beautiful.

If you peed from the top of the lighthouse would it hit the ground as ice? I was just wondering about that.

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Joe Guy wrote:Ice cream castles in the air.

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Got it, a bit of an easy one that eh?
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Gob wrote:
Joe Guy wrote:Ice cream castles in the air.
Got it, a bit of an easy one that eh?
I thought it fitting that there should be comments from both sides (of the earth) now.

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You guys are dorks.
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bigskygal wrote:You guys are dorks.
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“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”

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