Frozen pipes adorn a house at Tomintoul Inverness-shire Highland Scotland. SCO 2181
An icicle is a spike of ice formed when water dripping or falling from an object freezes. Typically, icicles will form when ice or snow is melted by either sunlight or some other heat source (such as heat leaking from the interior of a heated building), and the resulting melted water runs off into an area where the ambient temperature is below the freezing point of water (0°C/32°F), causing the water to refreeze. Over time continued water runoff will cause the icicle to grow. If an icicle grows long enough to touch the ground (or its corresponding ice spike growing up from the ground) then it is called an ice column. Icicles can pose both safety and structural dangers. Icicles that hang from an object may fall and cause injury and/or damage to whoever or whatever is below them. In addition, ice deposits can be heavy. If enough icicles forms on a object, the weight of the ice can severely damage the structural integrity of the object and may cause the object to break. SCO 2181
Size: 3572px × 5380px
Location: Main Street Tomintoul Highland Region Inverness-shire Scotland.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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