Icicles
by Darren Fisher
Title
Icicles
Artist
Darren Fisher
Medium
Photograph - Photography/ Digital Art
Description
Captured these beautiful icicles with a macro lens and shallow depth of field. I then added a blue texture to create a chill to the image.
Typically, icicles will form when ice or snow is melted by either sunlight or some other heat source (such as heat leaking from the interior of a heated building), and the resulting melted water runs off into an area where the ambient temperature is below the freezing point of water (0 �C/32 �F), causing the water to refreeze. Over time continued water runoff will cause the icicle to grow.
Richard Armstrong, a senior research scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado, has explained why icicles come in various shapes and sizes. Icicles form on surfaces which might have a smooth and straight, or irregular shape, which in turn influences the shape of an icicle. Another influence is melting water, which might flow toward the icicle in a straight line or which might flow from several directions.[1]
Given the right conditions, icicles may also form in caves (in which case they are also known as ice stalactites). They can also form around salty water sinking from sea ice. These so-called brinicles can actually kill sea urchins and starfish, which was observed by BBC film crews near Antarctica.
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December 12th, 2013
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Lin Haring
My first reaction was "Cool!" but... that doesn't quite "make it" and "cold" is out of the question. ;-) Really nice work, and beautiful image! V
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