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[Timmeh]

Convict is pretty smooth (I wandered far enough from the parking area to get away from where people threw rocks, ice chunks, etc to test the ice). I found this small bump in the ice at sunset, didn't like the conditions and returned for sunrise. All comments welcome!

Tim

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[AlanLichty]

Interesting how the ice textures change right in the vicinity of that overgrown ice cube. Neat patterns in the ice across the lake.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Thats a beautiful scene any time, but with ice on the lake, it moves up a notch.

 

[BlackRockArt]

Convict is pretty smooth (I wandered far enough from the parking area to get away from where people threw rocks, ice chunks, etc to test the ice). I found this small bump in the ice at sunset, didn't like the conditions and returned for sunrise. All comments welcome!

Tim

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Tim, beautiful frozen lake! Did you skate a couple of rounds? I heard it's frozen solid in the winter, people have all kinds of fun activities on it.

Oliver

 

[Jameel Hyder]

A very different and interesting look to the lake in its frozen state. Well captured.

 

[JimFox]

This is so cool Tim! Love it! Great eye, and good job returning for sunrise. I think the walls there get lit up better at sunrise anyway, and the sky isn't as bright, so it's a more even dynamic range for the camera to capture.

I know I have always been envious of the bubbles in the ice up in the lakes in Banff, but have never gotten there. So I have been keeping an eye out for local lakes that can also develop cool ice patterns, even if they aren't methane bubbles. I will add Convict to the list!

 

[Timmeh]

Thanks for the comments everyone!

Lots of lakes in the area are showing this pattern (June, Gull, Convict). People throwing random stuff onto the ice depends on ease of access (June is a mess).

Tim, beautiful frozen lake! Did you skate a couple of rounds? I heard it's frozen solid in the winter, people have all kinds of fun activities on it.

Oliver

Skating isn't really my thing, but I have been doing plenty of cross country skiing and snowshoeing. Convict was the last lake in the area to freeze over (plus there was a mass drowning in the 90s due to thin ice).

 

[Alisa]

I don't know I really like this! I like the moment in the clouds and the texture of the ice!!! Beautiful!