Archives for: January 2011

Ice Forms on Slow-moving Water II: Pancakes and Frozen Foam

January 16th, 2011
An acquaintance of mine recently discovered these odd discs of ice. [image]The discs floated freely in an eddy behind some fallen logs on the Nooksack River’s south fork. See other photos and a short video at http://picasaweb.google.com/karenh… more »

Ice Forms on Slow-moving Water I: Caterpillars and Cellular Dendrites

January 15th, 2011
During my last winter in Japan (2009-2010), I would walk around a neighborhood park on frosty mornings, looking for interesting ice forms. It was in this park that I found one rock (only one!) that on some mornings would sprout hair-like ice, arising fro… more »