Monday, March 20, 2017

Ice in Meaford Harbour

I can't resist a few more pictures of the ice in Meaford harbour, from last Friday.  The pattern of the loose slushy ice floes, constantly moving up and down as the waves passed through the ice was something to see!  If you didn't check out the video in Friday's post, watch it here; I find it really mesmerizing.

It was certainly a brilliant blue-sky day, but the unusual accumulation of loose floating ice along the shoreline reflected the previous 3 days of north-east winds off the bay.

Many of the boulders along the shore were heavily coated with ice, and the inner harbour was all full of ice.

The breakwall with the harbour light had a heavy build-up of ice from the waves crashing over it and wrapping around it.

The inner part of the harbour was a mixture of larger flat ice floes that had floated down the river, and the loose slushy ice circles that had washed in from the bay.

But outside the breakwall, was this crazy pattern of floating ice and slush.  This is where I took the video, watching the waves roll underneath this ice and wash up on the boulders.

Much of the ice had formed these circular patterns, which I don't know the name of or reason for.  But just using my imagination, I'm guessing these are partly slushy chunks of ice bumping into each other and building up a ridge of white ice around the edge of each piece.  Let's call them 'slushy circle ice floes'.

 In any case, it made for some spectacular late March scenery on this shore of Georgian Bay.

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19 comments:

  1. So pretty, but also so cold!

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  2. You'd have a ball if you got out on Arctic ice!

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  3. Wonderful photos. Wow the thick ice on those boulders is amazing.

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  4. Icy Water Lilies, those circular blobs are fascinating.

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  5. My word that ice along with wind is really amazing. Weird. Never see something like that here. thanks for the views.
    MB

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  6. I wouldn't like to stand on the rocks, bet they're slippery.

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  7. They are very odd looking, that's for sure. I didn't watch that video before, I guess I should now that you've given me another chance to. :-)

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  8. The ice patterns are very interesting.

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  9. Creative subject and great photography of the ice masses ~ thanks,

    Wishing you a Peaceful week ~ ^_^

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  10. gorgeous...but it looks so cold!! it is starting to warm up a bit here!!!

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  11. Ice, cold, snow and rain see a long way off from Phoenix Arizona. We are on our one week winter holiday to the sun. Trying hard not to get a sunburn the first day. - Margy

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  12. The "slushy circles" made for some incredible images. Sort of like the harbour's version of giant lilypads.. gorgeous!

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  13. The textures and patterns of all that ice really stand out!

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