on Convict Lake,
in the Sierra Nevada Mountains,
in California. (Tap to enlarge).
These fascinating patterns of both straight lines/angles,
and wiggly-squiggles, are created by ice layers melting, moving, cracking and refreezing, over and over again.
They remind me of the patterns on Scribbly Gum trees in Australia.
Tap to enlarge and see if you can spot the distant skaters.
These learners were closer.
Cheers to you from the Sierras in winter~
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I love those squiggly lines, and hour comparison to the Australian trees. Your photos are stunning!
Awww….. You are a lovely friend დ
Very interesting post! And lovely photos.
Merci beaucoup mon Ami Pam დ
wowwwwwweeee! love the squiggly ice!
So happy you do & thank you Pam! დ
❤️😘
Fascinating photos of squiggly ice!
Thank you Rosaliene. I found them fascinating too დ
Cindy, these photographs are beautiful! Thank you so much!
Your kindness touches my heart Charles. Thank you sincerely & stay safe and well my friend დ
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Beautiful Cindy, but I had to smile – it’s scribbly gums. I love them.
Alison
This one stumped me. I kept thinking is she correcting my singular gum v gums??? It didn’t dawn on me till just now. Of course it’s scribbly. Thank you Alison. Heading off to correct. I’ll make the gums scribbly, but the ice squiggly!!! Smiling back at you დ
xo
Squiggly indeed. ‘Never more!’ ‘I Spy’ yon distant skaters afar. Beautiful.
Tiny little people aren’t they!!! 😉 Take good care John & thank you დ
Nature is so amazing. I was wondering what those lines are or how they are created until you explained it.
Beautiful pictures of the mountain.
Thanks much my friend & hope all is well with you! დ
The squiggles are fascinating! And your photos are breathtaking!
Your light shines Jennie დ
Thank you, Cindy!
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A beautiful spot, Cindy. And so wonderful that it’s smooth enough for skaters. 🙂
The distant skaters seemed so free დ
Truly amazing photos – I didn’t know there was such a thing as squiggly ice!
Thank you very much. I didn’t know about this either Even google didn’t seem to know დ
Sharing this kind of new info. is what the internet should be about. 🙂
I love this abstract painting on the tree if it is tree trunk and I am not mistaken.
You are not mistaken. It is amazing isn’t it <3
I love these images Cindy. The squiggly tree does look like a Gum tree. Anita
Smiling! Thank you very much Anita დ
Strangely cool! I’ve never seen ice like this.
Neither have I MItch. Even google didn’t know about it დ
“Squiggly” is a good word. I’m fond of using the similar-sounding “scraggly” in descriptions of trees.
Trees are often scraggly, unless a human prunes them. I like them scraggly, more. Thank you Steve. დ
Wonderful photos of the winter Sierras, Cindy. And the squiggly ice is truly fascinating. I have never seen anything like this before. You captured it so well.
Thank you. I was befuddled by it დ
The title seemed like a great playful hook, but wow, this really is fascinating, Cindy. Beautifully photographed too. Thanks for sharing. Hugs on the wing!
My hugs are always flying to you Teagan დდ
Beautiful winter-scapes and a neat looking tree too!
Thank you John. Take good care დ
I love the squiggly ice. I learned something and I did not spot the skier because our house elf hid my reading glasses -again.
Clearly we have the same elf. I don’t lose important things. She does დ
Thats brave skating on a big lake I take it the ice is very thick 😬
It was very thick, but I wouldn’t have done it! დ
What a wonderful capture. Truly breathtaking, Cindy.
So happy you enjoyed & thank you Kally დ
So nice👍
Thank you.