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Bows and flows of angel hair
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 4:24 am
by Gob
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.
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Re: Bows and flows of angel hair
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 4:47 am
by loCAtek
ThX Gob your eye for unusual photography is always a pleasure!
Re: Bows and flows of angel hair
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 2:52 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
All that ice can't be good for it's structural integrity. Cool picture anyway.
Re: Bows and flows of angel hair
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 3:58 pm
by Joe Guy
Ice cream castles in the air.
It must be due to global warming.
Re: Bows and flows of angel hair
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 5:35 pm
by BoSoxGal
They showed this on Anderson Cooper last night, too. Beautiful!
Re: Bows and flows of angel hair
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 7:02 pm
by rubato
Beautiful.
If you peed from the top of the lighthouse would it hit the ground as ice? I was just wondering about that.
yrs,
rubato
Re: Bows and flows of angel hair
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 9:00 pm
by Gob
Joe Guy wrote:Ice cream castles in the air.
.
Got it, a bit of an easy one that eh?
Re: Bows and flows of angel hair
Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 9:56 pm
by Joe Guy
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.
Re: Bows and flows of angel hair
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:35 am
by BoSoxGal
You guys are dorks.
Re: Bows and flows of angel hair
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:03 am
by Joe Guy
bigskygal wrote:You guys are dorks.
Re: Bows and flows of angel hair
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:04 am
by Gob