Astonishing ice pictures from Chicago

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

See what happens when you mix water and very cold temperatures:
bbc pictures

Reminds me rather of 'the day after tomorrow'!

[Slubberdegullion]

wow. very very cool

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

The one with the two trucks is going to be my new desktop background. Hollywood couldn't have done it better! How though are they ever going to get those trucks home again?

[Slubberdegullion]

They are going to have a long wait. it's that or lots of hair dryers.

[Slubberdegullion]

I like no 2 with the fireman with obligatory tache. What on earth is that behind the barrels on the L?

[silverfrog]

not nearly as spectacular, but there is a fallen tree on my route to school each day which is similarly ice encrusted. at the beginning of term the ground all around it, at the edge of a very busy road, was flooded. as the traffic passed each day it was sprayed continuously, and then as the temperatures dropped, it froze, bit by bit.

I wish I had taken a picture of it (although nigh on impossible, as nowhere safe to stop - is an A road) when it was all sparkly and white - it's now a very unattractive (yet still impressive) grey.

[FaceLikeAPickledOnion]

Wow, thanks for posting. Those pics are mesmerising!

[OhYouBadBadKitten]

That's cool silverfrog :)

It's really hard to tell slubber! We might find out in the spring

[mankyscotslass]

those pics are incredible. thanks for posting them.

[mumat39]

Wow! Brilliant pictures !!!