The main river channel opened sending huge rectagular sheets of ice down river and into the dam at Coon Rapids Dam. This photo was taken standing on the walkway above the dam looking upriver. Champlin is on the left bank, Coon Rapids is on the right bank, Anoka is further upriver around the bend.
Rectangle Ice slowly flowing down river. This sheet is hung up at the dam. Precision 90 degree angles and straight edges. How is this possible with ice?
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Mississippi Upstream
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What nice capture.
ReplyDeleteVery unusual photos; I especially like the top photo.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to guess, on the second one, that there's some kind of man-made formation like a large concrete box at the edge of the dam that creates this phenomena.
Just my guess, in case this is a contest or something...
Wow. Gorgeous and weird. I've never seen rectangular sheets of ice like that on the river here. However, I did shoot some strange ice circles last weekend, formed in the eddies of the Missouri River. Might get around to posting that some time.
ReplyDeleteThis picture has beautiful, gentle color and composition. Very nice wide angle work.
It looks very cold in Minneapolis. I wouldn't want to be in the river.
ReplyDeleteUnusual shot.
That first photo is amazing - it took me quite a while to grasp what exactly it was I was looking at.
ReplyDeleteAfter strong winds and thunderstorms I fear we will get out first real snow of the winter tonight.
Really good shot! I've never seen ice like that before.
ReplyDeleteVery strange, but neat to see.
ReplyDeleteNo kidding....I've never seen the ice like that before. It's always broken up or melted by the time it gets down to my neck of the woods.
ReplyDeleteGreat captures!
I've never seen anything like this before either, not even in a National Geographic magazine. If you have the chance, please post more of these, it's fascinating !
ReplyDeleteI've never seen anything like this before either, not even in a National Geographic magazine. If you have the chance, please post more of these, it's fascinating !
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