| Photo Information |
| Copyright: Chanele Johnson (cmariejoh) (2) |
| Genre: Landscapes |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2009-04-17 |
| Categories: Mountain |
| Camera: Kodak Easyshare M1033 |
| Exposure: f/4.7, 1/800 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2009-06-23 20:12 |
| Viewed: 358 |
| Points: 0 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
An icicle is a spike of ice formed when water dripping or falling from an object freezes. 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. If an icicle grows long enough to touch the ground (or its corresponding ice spike growing up from the ground) then it is called an ice column.
Icicles can pose both safety and structural dangers. Icicles that hang from an object may fall and cause injury and/or damage to whoever or whatever is below them. In addition, ice deposits can be heavy. If enough icicles forms on an object, the weight of the ice can severely damage the structural integrity of the object and may cause the object to break.
The largest man-made icicle was 36'4.5" (11.1 m) long and weighed 26 tons. - Wikipedia
This was taken while driving through Denver, Colorado, on a trip from California to Michigan. We encountered a snowstorm, which delayed us several hours. At the time the photo was taken, we were back on the road. At 50 mph, the wind nearly freezing outside, I rolled down the window to take this shot. This explains the low quality. I felt I had to post it though, as lucky as I was to capture these magnificent icicles dripping down from the side of the mountain. I hope you like!
Post-Production: (iPhoto) slight increase of exposure, saturation, and tint. significant increase of contrast and sharpness. (Resized in Photoshop) |
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