A shot of the lower half of the falls.
I did very little editing, mostly just made it a bit brighter, and didn’t fiddle with the balance or boost the “color saturation,” or whatever it’s called.
I think the color comes from minerals and perhaps fresh-water algae. Pale blue? Pale turquoise?
The Crayola box (the big one, my go-to reference for art stuff) indicates “aquamarine,” but when I look online at a color chart, that’s way too green.
“Bluish” will have to do.
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That’s stunning. Ice blue would do it for me.
Thanks, George, I was going to take a chunk to the paint store to match it with a color tile, but forgot my ax that day. I’d never be a success as a Viking warrior, I guess.
You know what they say: Some of my best friends are bluish.
What a great reminder of that funny, funny revision of the old “Roses are red…” ditty. I found Barry Popik’s collected a variety of sources.
That’s a good article. I can’t remember if I’ve heard that ditty.
By the way, clicking to enlarge the photograph greatly enhances it and lets people really appreciate it. WordPress unfortunately makes the smaller version look a little blurry on my monitor.
Thanks Steve. Yeah, I did think it looked a bit blurry when I downloaded it to WP and looked at it again, odd.
That’s occasionally happened to me and one other person I know on WordPress. In my most recent case, changing the picture size a little in the WordPress editor made the blurriness go away. You could try that and see if it works for you.
OK thanks a lot Steve I will try that right now
Buena suerte. Bonne chance.
Yes, stunning is the word. More so, were one of those ice swords to snap off and strike you! And I like your go-to is the big Crayola box, aquamarine style.
Thanks Bill, yeah, you don’t want to get underneath those masses of ice, they do detach sometimes.
I have often noticed a bluish tinge in ice formations. The colour usually appears more pronounced in a photo. Great capture, Robert!
Thank you, Peter.
It’s good you didn’t fiddle with the picture, Roger. No need for that. It’s fabulous!
I’ve seen that colour at Lake Gjende in Norway.
What about the color blue mixed with turquoise? 🙂
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Thank you, Hanna. It’s a lovely shade, isn’t it. And I was glad to learn about “glacial flour,” those lakes and glaciers are also lovely!
Cool and refreshing!
Thank you, Neil. “Bracing” is another word for being in that gorge in winter!
Almost a pale turquoise. Stunning picture!
Thanks, Mick. One of my favorite waterfalls.
I’m glad reader Steve Schwartzman flagged the blurriness issue, I clicked on the image to more fully investigate and……wow! That’s really nice! By the way, is ice climbing a thing at all, in some places back east? Maybe it doesn’t get cold enough for long enough, sustained periods? There are places around the Intermountain west where it’s quite popular. Off the top of my head the only place I can think of at the moment is Hyalite Canyon in Montana, by Bozeman. That might even be one of the meccas, I think. I’m no expert but I believe the blue in ice and snow has more to do with light and sure enough there’s plenty of interesting reference that I found in a quick search on the web. But I also found a misleading source which said it’s the same principle as why the sky is blue but that’s not exactly true, it’s a little different. On the other hand, there is red snow and that’s an algae thing. We call it watermelon snow, you’ll find it up high in the Cascades. Melting it and drinking it like red kool aid is not a good idea 🙂
I’ll avoid the red and yellow snow both. Although watermelon snow sounds kind of pretty.
I don’t know anyone personally who does ice climbing, but I have seen people doing it a few times, near Ithaca and Naples. With all the crumbly shale around there, seems like a risky proposition. I guess it’s pretty big in the Catskills though and the Shawangunks, but I’ve never really spent any time there.
WOW! So glad I clicked on the photo and it came up so much sharper! Nice one Robert!
Thank you, Anne. I’m glad Steve mentioned that, WP definitely has a few quirks.
What a glorious photo, Rob. I’d never seen such blue ice until I cruised Glacier Bay, where many of the glaciers had almost exactly this bluish tinge. As I recall, it has to do with the density. Glacier ice is much harder than ‘ordinary ice’ — I’m sure the density and hardness are related. If I had something like this in my neighborhood, I’d overcome my dislike of cold in a minute. What a sight it must have been!
Thank you, Linda, yep it is quite a sight, worth a cold walk. I’d love to get to Alaska and see that park, 3.3 million acres!!
To tell the truth, Robert, I’d rather look at these falls in the picture than in reality! 😀
Pretty chilly, that’s true.
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Stunning, whatever the color!
Thanks, Denzil, one of my favorite spots to visit in winter and I think I’ll settle on pale turquoise.
Lovely shot. And the blue tints make it “feel” even colder. I’m both envious of not being there to see it and glad I wasn’t, if you know what I mean.
Thanks, Dave. Yep, I know what you mean. I remember of course you’re originally from Minn. and know what cold weather is about!
I love photographing frozen waterfalls. So much complex formation to explore and this is a really nice one, Robert. Plus if I were to travel west of Western Massachusetts, Taughannock Falls is on my bucket list of places in New York to visit.
Blue ice is one of winter’s thrills…and chills. 🙂
Thanks, Steve. The Ithaca area has a bunch of nice falls, some right in the city.
Stunning photo! I love those colors–it is hard to pinpoint exactly the blue/green combination that they make–whatever that color is, I want a dress in that color now.
Thanks Cecilia, you’re right that would be a lovely color for a dress.
Or a Mazda Miata, wouldn’t that look great in that color
Whatever you want to call it, I think it’s amazing! My mother and I used to disagree about bluegreen – she always saw more green, I saw more blue. Interesting. I guess this is bluish and a little greenish. And very impressive!
Thanks Lynn. I think I’ll go with “blueen” it’s better than “grue.”
Whether the colors are blueen or grue, they are remarkable. So is the photograph. An amazing expanse of ice. Is Taughannock Falls is the tall waterfall north of Ithaca?
Thanks, Tom, yes that’s right, north on 89 or 96 on the west side of Cayuga Lake.