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Yosemite and flowing ice

Started by Igloo Ed , Jan 16 2011 06:11 PM

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#1 Igloo Ed

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Posted 16 January 2011 - 06:11 PM

Don't build your house here.

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#2 Mark Zemmin

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Posted 16 January 2011 - 06:51 PM

That is a very cool video. I would like to go to Yosemite in the winter time.

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#3 foxfire

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Posted 16 January 2011 - 07:20 PM

Wow! Thanks for posting this Ed!

How beautiful it is there at that time of year!

Fox ( I LOVE SNOW ) fire :smile1:

Wow > how dangerous that Frazil Ice is! :yup:

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#4 Veik

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Posted 16 January 2011 - 07:42 PM

Cool video. Do you ever see Frazil Ice in RMNP?

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#5 Becky J.

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Posted 16 January 2011 - 07:51 PM

Good to know. Very interesting.

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#6 Igloo Ed

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Posted 16 January 2011 - 07:58 PM

Veik, on 16 January 2011 - 07:42 PM, said:

Cool video. Do you ever see Frazil Ice in RMNP?

The closest we get is when it snows real hard and a lake is about to freeze. The snow forms slush on the top of the lake and sometimes that is enough to start the lake freezing over. Other times, the wind can blow all the slush to one end of the lake and the waves turn it into a moving mass that looks like the frazil ice but it doesn't flow. I've seen slush moving along in a stream when it snows hard but it is nothing like the video.