Ventilation shafts for the Loch Katrine Aqueduct at Mugdock Country Park on the outskirts of Glasgow. Starting in 1855, the Glasgow Corporation created a system to bring freshwater from Loch Katrine, 36 miles to the north, into the city itself.
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Winter sun shining through woodland on a bright winter day north of Glasgow
Strange ‘hair ice’ formed by a specific fungus and sudden frozen moisture on a dead branch
Winter walks.
The wonder of
‘hair ice’ found on dead wood from broadleaf trees when temperatures fall below freezing, and humidity is high.
Requires a specific fungus, Exidiopsis effusa, which helps form the ice crystals.
Who knew!
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