Here is a companion post for last Sunday’s photographs of Beebee Lake. This was taken where the lake outflow continues as Fall Creek. Enjoy!!
Frozen Dam
Views from the bridge on Christmas Eve 2019
Tag: Frozen River
The Arctic?
Views from the bridge on Christmas Eve 2019
No, on the afternoon of Christmas Eve I took the 1.2 mile walk around Beebee Lake, wearing Yacktracs for the icy paths, after a series of very cold days.
Click photograph for a larger view. To do this from WordPress Reader, you need to first click the title of this post to open a new page.
View from Beebee bridge on Christmas Eve 2019
The lake surface resembled the images of a Saturn moon.
Icicles from Beebee Lake Bridge on Christmas Eve 2019
It is a picturesque structure, the bridge, spanning the mouth of a water filled gorge of Fall Creek.
View of a frozen Fall Creek and the lake taken while standing on Beebee Lake Bridge on Christmas Eve 2019
Here is another photograph of the interesting lake surface. All photos of this post are from my IPhone.j
View of a frozen Fall Creek and the lake taken while standing on Beebee Lake Bridge on Christmas Eve 2019
Fall Creek is frozen wall to wall of the gorge.
Slideshow of photographs in this series
View from Beebee bridge on Christmas Eve 2019 Icicles from Beebee Lake Bridge on Christmas Eve 2019 View of a frozen Fall Creek and the lake taken while standing on Beebee Lake Bridge on Christmas Eve 2019 View of a frozen Fall Creek and the lake taken while standing on Beebee Lake Bridge on Christmas Eve 2019
Copyright 2019 All Rights Reserved Michael Stephen Wills
Frozen Fall Creek II
Natural Ice Sculpture
My last post, “Frozen Fall Creek I”, ended with macros of Ice Crystals on a bed of frost over creek ice within sight of our former home, a restored water mill. I continued on the ice, following the creek to this spot were the stream bed turns 90 degrees, changing from a southerly to a western flow.
Here I encountered an open course where constant water motion resisted freezing. A few frigid days later, the course had an amazing transformation.
Click any photograph for a larger version.
The transparent ice of the now frozen space retained the impression of movement, the surface rippled by current. In the following photograph, motionless ice crystals reveal the truth.
In the intervening days, the constant motion resisted freezing while the water temperature dropped well past freezing to achieve a supercooled state. As the water temperature continued to drop, a fast transition from fluid to solid happened so quickly the movement of the water surface was preserved.
Here is the matching “after” photograph to the “before” that started this post.
Click me for “Fall Creek Winter,” another stunning scene.
Copyright 2019 All Rights Reserved Michael Stephen Wills
Frozen Fall Creek I
Ice Crystals
Click any photograph for a larger version.
