New York’s ice-choked East River—seen from Pier 1 Playground in Brooklyn—is evidence of the extraordinary cold temperatures gripping much of the central and eastern United States this week. Video of the scene shows the frigid water moving at a surreal and unexpected speed.
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It’s gotten ridiculously frigid here in Chicago, what with the recent Polar Vortex and colder than normal winter. But I’ve never seen anything like this scene, recently captured in Norway:
Image: Ingolf Kristiansen
Apparently, when harsh winds caused temperatures over a Norwegian bay to drop to sub-freezing temperatures, the fish swimming close to the surface were flash frozen. While the air temperature of -7.8°C (~18°F) seems balmy by Chicago standards, it was enough to put the instant deep-freeze on the fish.
According to locals, the water and fish remain frozen, and the birds and whales will have a field day when the thaw eventually comes.
[via The Independent]
Winter is no fun, especially when it comes too soon or overstays its welcome. How can you make it more enjoyable? By being awesome like Chris Marchand who decided to turn snow into snowlemonade (snowade? water?) by making a beautiful and colorful ice wall fortress in his yard. Look at it. It glows.
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The ice sheet that covers Antarctica is ancient, hiding a whole landscape of mountains and valleys that once teemed with life. Using radar and satellite footage, scientists are studying this hidden world—and they just found a two-mile-deep canyon down there.
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We’re smack-dab in the middle of winter and baby, it’s cold outside (or so I’ve heard; I live over in LOL). I imagine that it might be tough to find the beauty in yet another day of sub-zero temperatures, but for some enterprising creative types, bone-chilling frost is more than a major nuisance—it’s the stuff that musical dreams are made of.
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Some readers may recall a science class in which an excitable teacher walked to the front of the class to show off a small, cracked steel container, seemingly damaged by an incredibly powerful, but tiny force; only for said teacher to reveal that the damage had been done by nothing more than water. However, what would happen if you put the water in a container it couldn’t break out of and then froze it?
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It’s cold out there, guys. So cold that lakes are so frozen that they look like they’re from the Moon
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As the polar vortex puts an unprecedented deep freeze on America, it’s business as usual at Sweden’s Icehotel, where people have been paying to experience a night in the cold for 24 seasons. This year, French architects Les Ateliers des Germains carved out a Parisian skyline in one suite—the perfect setting for visitors to act out any sub-zero Amélie fantasies. [Design Taxi]
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Thought your Christmas was awesome? Had fun with a little bit of snow? Maybe you made a snowman earlier in the week? Whatever. That’s nothing compared to this magical winter wonderland in China where they have ginormous ice sculptures of horses and women and mammoths and castles and T-Rexes. They’re incredible.
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This is the Grand Prize Winner of National Geographic’s best photo of the year competition,
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