My son, who lives in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California, knows my fascination (obsession?) with ice formations and shared these shots with me. He owns a snow removal tractor and this is the drive shaft that spins as it rotates the snow thrower at the front. The heat from the drive shaft melted the snow and as the water spun off, it formed ice in the frigid air, defying gravity. Pretty ‘cool,’ eh?
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Very cool!
🙂 Thanks, Chris!
Amazing! Great that he noticed & was aware. I don’t think you have ‘an obsession’….just an intense awareness and appreciation. (Sure sounds nicer!)
🙂 Thanks, Alice!
These are great shots, Eliza. I can’t even imagine that kind of cold. I’m such a wimp. 🙂
Thanks, Tina. Yeah, cold and lots of snow aren’t high on my list, either!
Nice that your son thinks of you when he comes across cool ice crystals!
It certainly is, I’m happy to be thought of, period! 😀
That is so cool!
Thanks, Dale, I thought it was worth sharing. 🙂
Most definitely!
Very cool and really cold too!
Yeah, nights in those mountains can get so cold!
In the good days, before I 80 was there, we’d make several winter drives from Grass Valley to Reno over the old highway 40. What a thrilling experience on icy roads. Still a favorite place to pull over, eat lunch and look down over Donner lake. My little brother lived in Truckee during its less touristy days. Good memories.
I imagine it has changed a lot, even in the 12 or so years he has been there, there’s been so much development.
Porcupine ice!
Ha, yes!! 🙂
Fascinating (to me too).
I might guess and say your son’s home location has had more-than-usual snowfall this year. I’ve been watching a lot of YouTubes about the heavy snowfalls in the northern hemisphere this year.
Please share more ice formations (if you have photos of them). I find them very interesting. Despite skiing in both my Australian state and Austria in my youth, I don’t think I’ve ever seen ice patterns quite like the ones you have shared.
Or maybe, I was looking for them? 🙂
Thank you, Vicki. I think what I find particularly interesting is its ephemeral nature… it grows and shrinks with the temperature, always different. Like going to lunch and coming back and the furniture is all rearranged!
Very cool! And the thought of ice forming that fast on a snow tractor, to me, is mind-boggling!
I know, it really amazed me! Brrr!
That is amazing. Thanks for the explanation. I kept staring at the photos, trying to figure out how that was possible. 😊👍
Thanks, Pepper… crazy physics!
Pretty cool is right! I’m glad you provided an explanation as I wondered what the heck I was looking at in your pictures.
Honestly, I’ve never seen anything quite like it! 😀
Neither have I!
The world is full of endless surprises!
Indeed, thank you, Kris!
Yes, quite!! 🥶
Thank you!
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Amazing 🤩
Thank you, Karen, it surprised me!
Fascinating.
Thank you, Cindy. 🙂
Yes! Gorgeous pics as well.
Thank you, Alys! A whole different world just a few hours east of you. 🙂
Yes!
Thank you to your son for introducing us to yet another icy marvel.
Our pleasure, Anne. I just had to share this one!
Wow that looks so cool Eliza, beautifully captured by your son! 😊
Thank you, Xenia! 🙂
Extremely cool
Thank you, Sheree 😎
Very cool….porcupine ice!
IKR? Kinda fun!
Very cool!
Thank you, Debra. Not your average icicle!
fantastic!
Thank you, Catherine! 🙂
What the combination of rotation an freezing temperatures can do 🙂 Nice !
Thank you!
Omg, such striking snaps! ❄️
Thank you, Isha. I was astonished!
They are very impactful!
Indeed interesting ice formation. (Suzanne)
Thank you, Suzanne!
Definitely cool!
Thank you, Debbie!
Artistic appreciation 🤗💕
Thank you, Shelley!
Spiky wonderfulness! I also smiled because I recognized the u-joint and driveshaft–something I had to know about early in my marketing career, when I wrote for Dana Corp., who manufactured them. :0
Thank you, Ellen. Good for you, knowing those parts! I had to rewrite my first explanation to make it more clear what it was. 🙂
Really cool!
Nature seems to come up with all sorts of surprises!
That ice is kind of porcupiny.
Super spiky!
Physics makes art! Amazing. 😊
Thank you, I was wowed, for sure!
Now that is cold!
Surprisingly, the temps were ‘only’ in the low 20s. I would have thought it required the teens at least, but not so!
Cool! So to speak. 😁
Definitely worth the pun! 🙂
Very ‘cool’. 🙂
Yup! 😀
Cool is the right word! 👍
Thanks, Cathy!
Neat. I’ll have to start checking my snowblower for these.
Pretty wild formations, for sure!
Way cool. Looks like a scrubber for the snow plow.
I could barely wrap my mind around how this formed with temps only in the 20s. I would have expected it needed to be colder… physics!
That is very cool!!
Something out of the ordinary! 🙂
Very cool but now I’m strangely chilled. 😂 Seriously though, beautiful images.
🙂 Thank you, Monika. Life is full of surprises.
I thought I’d seen most of the possible ice forms, but these are new to me – cool indeed!
Thank you, Tom, I thought so, too!
What a neat pot. 😀
🙂 Thanks!
Wow great camera shots of the nasty stuff 🙂 My son skis either the Tetons or Palisades
How old is your son? Mike is 47.
🙂 Thanks, Eunice. He is 35… where did the time go, right?
I know right maybe he knows of him Mike Tierney JH, Wilson WY and known in CO and Now Lake Tahoe area too he does back country and hucks himself off mountains once at the top.
That is interesting. I love your ice formation images!
Thank you, Susie, glad to know that I’m not the only one who loves them. 🙂
Way cool. 🙂
🙂 Thanks, Judy! Sending a little northern winter your way.
Wow, this is amazing!
Thank you, Andrea, it really was!
Very cool photos and sharing your fascination!🙂
Thank you, S! 🙂
Very cool!
🙂 Thanks, Barbara!
That’s fascinating! Very cool.
Thank you, Mark. I thought it quite incredible!
That’s crazy!!! Looks like it could be used as a weapon.
I found it so amazing, too!