
Took some photos of Medway Fire Departments Ice Rescue Training at the local pond yesterday.
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Took some photos of Medway Fire Departments Ice Rescue Training at the local pond yesterday.
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Needed to get away from the desk this afternoon so I took a walk to the park with the drone. Some 360 views of the pond for fun. All from the same spot, just three different heights – 100 above, below 300′ and 10′.
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The slow melt.
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The Hooded Mergansers who hang out at Choate Pond. Their swim space was much smaller today.
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A cold awakening.
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Words do it no justice. The Mýrdalsjökull Glacier in the South of Iceland. The ice has smothered ash from the volcano Katla’s eruptions over centuries causing lines in the ice, like rings in a tree. There is a tunnel that looks like a cave you would find a Bond villain operating out of. I was there and I do not think these photos are real. The color, the light, the lines, the reflections, the experience, all overwhelming to the senses. The history trapped as beauty in the walls make you feel small, yet privileged for seeing it.
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Text below is from: Visit South Iceland Travel Giuse www.south.is
The volcano Katla, in the Mýrdalsjökull glacier, has erupted on average every 40 – 60 years. Sixteen eruptions have been recorded since the settlement of Iceland, the last in 1918, but there have probably been more. Katla is one of the most famous volcanoes in the country, and its eruptions usually have very serious consequences. It can actually be regarded as one of the most powerful volcanoes in the world and probably the largest active volcano in the northern hemisphere.
During the eruption, the glacier above the volcanic vent melts and the melted water collects under the ice-cap until it makes its way out under the edge in a violent flood. These are called “Jokulhlaup”. Huge amounts of ice, rocks, silt, and sand carried along by the floodwater. Most of the Mýrdalssandur sand plain has been formed by deposits in past floods.
Katla has been showing signs of unrest recently and some geologists suspect that it might erupt in the near future, since it is way overdue to erupt.
Eruptions of Katla have taken place (since known and recognized human settlement): 1918, 1860, 1823, 1755-56, 1721, 1660-61, 1625, 1612, 1580, 1416, 1357, 1311, 1262, 1245, 1177, 950.
Sunrise at Diamond Beach with chunks of the Breiðamerkurjökull Glacier waiting to be taken out to sea.
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After a better part of a year with some significant foot problems, that are really not solved yet, hiking in the snow, with way too much camera gear strapped to my back does not sound like a great idea, but I did it… actually, we did it, the team I am with here in Iceland. And not with a hiccup or two, but in the end, I would do it again tomorrow. Actually, I was just told 30 minutes ago, I might be. I might trek lighter this time. To walk out to, among, and even on glaciers is just something. The scale is incredible, you can see below how small we are to these scenes. I could not walk through the opening for safety reasons, but I did send the drone in, which will show up later. The most beautiful blue, it was a perfect day.
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A favorite waterfall in New Hampshire. We snowshoed down to the base of Glen Ellis Falls in Gorham. It looked slightly different than when we saw it last October.
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Cold
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Some morning ice.
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I left a tote outside and it filled with rain and froze, now I have a huge block of ice. Propped it up as a backdrop and lit some long matches against it.
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