Thursday, February 9, 2012

Natural Ice Sculptures

















Yesterday, when we were walking near Corbridge along the Devil's Water, a tributary of the River Tyne, we found these natural ice sculptures in mid-stream. The water level had dropped overnight and left them suspended from the rocks. With today's rain and thaw their ephemeral beauty will have dissolved away,


8 comments:

Toffeeapple said...

That's marvellous, I've never seen anything quite like that.

holdingmoments said...

Nature is the perfect artist.

Richard Pegler said...

Stunningly beautiful, Phil!

Scriptor Senex said...

Beautiful. All we've got on the Wirral is cold rain.

Phil said...

Me neither Toffeeapple..

Phil said...

... and so inventive Keith!

Phil said...

.... and so fragile...

Phil said...

Our cold spell didn't last long John, but it produced some memorable icy sculptures..