Shot Alive

Well it has been some time since I posted to my blog. Too many addictions, too little time. Such is life. I have been active on flickr lately and decided to bring you some of my favourite pictures taken by my various friends and others on flickr. This post has a theme of ice. Clicking on any picture will take you to the photo in flickr where you can make a comment or see a larger version.

Ice Coats Red Twigs by Pictoscribe

Rose Bud on Ice by *Karen

What run-off does on cold days! by Rich66

Iceshrooms by Leviathor

Ice jewels #1 by Lord V

Ice bridge by Simon Lieschke

Cerro Torre, Patagonia, Argentina by Maegges

untitled by Leviathor

Crystals by Pictoscribe

The 58th Sapporo Snow Festival 02 by Dolphin_dolphin

Partial rainbow in the clouds by Walla2chick who explains:
Monday as I was driving through Walla Walla, WA, USA, I noticed the beautiful mini rainbows in the clouds. I looked up the website that flickerite 'fdecomite' guided me to and found it is a circumhorizon arc.

"Look for a circumhorizon arc near to noon near to the summer solstice when the sun is very high in the sky (higher than 58°). It lies well below the sun - twice as far from it (two hand spans) as the 22º halo." "The arc is a very large halo and is close to, and parallel to the horizon. Usually only fragments are visible where there happen to be cirrus clouds." "whenever the sky is wisped or hazed with thin cirrus clouds. These clouds are cold and contain ice crystals in even the hottest climes."

It has to do with refraction of light through ice crystals in the atmosphere --and it was over 80F at the time!

River Rises, River Falls, Icicles Form by Pictoscribe