November 28, 2006: Ice contours

Undertoad · 11-28-2006, 09:11 AM

It's a very nice photo, is this one. Nice composition - really quite artistic. I like the ratios.

It's not immediately clear what you're looking at in this Wunderground shot selected by xoB. Only when you see the second shot does it become more clear:

Says the photographer, Wunderground's vikingman,

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We are having a very mild winter here in Mongolia. It is Nov 26 and the river Tuul by Ulaanbaatar still has not frozen solid yet. The rings of ice reminded me of the contours on a map

CaliforniaMama · 11-28-2006, 09:27 AM

Very cool.

Reminded me of this pic I saw yesterday through the National Geogrpahic: Mars, 2000

Gleep · 11-28-2006, 11:06 AM

Looking at the first picture, I can imagine numerous maniacal tiny ice skaters cutting paths in the ice with tiny skates.

Of course, I've also been accused several times of having an overactive imagination.

Shawnee123 · 11-28-2006, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Gleep

Of course, I've also been accused several times of having an overactive imagination.

Me, too! Once I was skating on the water when a herd of unicorns came flying at me and one of the little gnomes that were riding on their backs and eating popcorn pointed at me and said "you, madam, have an overactive imagination." Hmmph...imagine! :p

Welcome Gleep! I represent the weird and insane here at the Cellar!

dar512 · 11-28-2006, 11:49 AM

Welcome Gleep. Aspirin fan?

xoxoxoBruce · 11-28-2006, 02:17 PM

It seems that water, especially ice and frost, are one of Mother Natures favorite ways to dazzle us.

tw · 11-28-2006, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Me, too! Once I was skating on ...

This must be fiction. Who has ice anymore? I am told one can go to ice museums to skate. And we all know that unicorns cannot fly indoors.

barefoot serpent · 11-28-2006, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by CaliforniaMama

Very cool.

Reminded me of this pic I saw yesterday through the National Geogrpahic: Mars, 2000

even cooler: pics of ice on Mars -- with contours

SPUCK · 11-29-2006, 05:20 AM

Fluvial Activity How disgusting!

Gleep · 11-29-2006, 07:53 AM

Thank you for the welcome.

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Originally Posted by dar512

Welcome Gleep. Aspirin fan?

Indeed. (A fan of Asprin and several dozen other fantasy authors.)
It doesn't seem like too many people recognize Gleep, so I'm always thrilled when someone does. yay.

11-28-2006, 09:27 AM	#2
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	Very cool. Reminded me of this pic I saw yesterday through the National Geogrpahic: Mars, 2000 Attached Images __________________ Take time for silence. You never know what you might hear. Last edited by CaliforniaMama; 11-28-2006 at 09:31 AM.

11-28-2006, 11:49 AM	#5
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Welcome Gleep. Aspirin fan? __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

11-28-2006, 02:17 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It seems that water, especially ice and frost, are one of Mother Natures favorite ways to dazzle us. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-28-2006, 11:06 AM	#3
Gleep Bibliophile Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: I have the great misfortune to be currently residing in Greeley, CO, USA. Posts: 15	Looking at the first picture, I can imagine numerous maniacal tiny ice skaters cutting paths in the ice with tiny skates. Of course, I've also been accused several times of having an overactive imagination.

11-29-2006, 05:20 AM	#9
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	Fluvial Activity How disgusting!

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