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Ice Cliff

Posted by Lauren Quattrocchi,
North Country explorer from Brewster, New York
February 5, 2014

Type: Movement

Habitat description: The Stone Valley hiking trail is located in the town of Colton. The trail system covers approximately 9.7 miles.

Natural history information: Ice is water frozen into a solid state. It can appear transparent or opaque bluish-white color, depending on the presence of impurities such as soil particles or air inclusions. Clear blue/black ice is stronger than milky white ice. Ice near the shore is weakest. The shifting, expansion and buckling action of the lake or stream over the winter continually breaks and refreezes ice along the shoreline.

What do you find interesting about this image? What drew your attention to this image? I thought it was cool how the ice hovered over the water