Amazing ice bubbles?
I've seen these before but never tried to photograph them to show their depth and bizarre-ness.
This is at our creek along 'the wall' where the tiny trout hang out. I've always seen itty bitty bubbles come up from the bottom of this spot.
Apparently they froze and spread out as they got to the surface of the water [it is deep and very still in this spot]. Then the next bubbles froze in layers?
The ice was very thin and clear. If our weather stays below freezing in the valley, this spot would eventually freeze over and I wouldn't get to see the bubble ice!
We didn't find any Blue Birds or Robins this time around, however the Nuthatches, Juncos, and Chickadees were all busy in the area.
This is the same spot with Charlie and I a few years ago.
The same spot in the spring of 2018 during a snow melt...
...and since I've been photographing this 'spot' as it changes for 20 years, here is a photo of me on my mule Badger who was 15 hands at this spot in 2005 when this 'spot' was dry and the creek ran trickled just in back of my mule.
Since then different flash floods have slightly changed the depth of the creek and the route. Trees have fallen across areas and water has swirled out deep pools where the ice bubbles formed.
The area has deepened which would be obvious in comparing the photo with me on Badger to the one with me holding Charlie.
It is my Spot.
I hike there nearly daily.
I think it is time to take an update photo of me in the same spot if I can get around all the fallen trees.
It's a good look at 'the spot' over time, with the ice bubbles being most alluring.
ReplyDeleteYes, the ice bubbles really intrigue me. I thought it was 'pancake' ice but that is formed in a different way.
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