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Frozen Waterfalls A Blast of Frigid Air Ushered in 2018 The cold temps hung on for a week, resulting in beautiful icy falls. |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2018) |
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Frozen Waterfalls A Blast of Frigid Air Ushered in 2018 The cold temps hung on for a week, resulting in beautiful icy falls. |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2018) |
| Frozen Waterfalls on this page: | 1 - Cupid Falls on Corn Creek, Towns Co. |
| 2 - Falls on Negro Branch, Rabun Co. |
| 3 - Lower Falls on Patterson Creek, Rabun Co. |
| 4 - Cover Falls on Britton Crk, Cherokee Co., NC |
| 5 - Falls on Metcalf Creek, Rabun Co. |
| ~ Cupid Falls on Corn Creek, Towns Co., GA ~ New Year's Day 2018 - It had been cold, but not too cold... |
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| Falls on Corn Creek, aka Cupid Falls |
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| A wider view shows the edge of the dam (upper right) from the old Corn Creek Grist Mill. |
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| Little icicles hanging over the creek |
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| ~ Negro Branch, Rabun Co., GA ~ January 2018 - After a couple of nights with temps in the single digits... |
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| Frozen falls on Negro Branch |
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A few details of the frozen falls... |
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| ~ Lower Falls on Patterson Creek, Rabun Co., GA ~ A long series of falls and cascades, totaling about 100 feet in elevation drop. Due to rhododendron & deadfall, I was only able to get images of the upper tiers. |
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| Lower Falls, 2nd tier from top |
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| A closer view of the 2nd tier |
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| Frost heaves in the clay soil |
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| Lower Falls, 1st (upper) tier There are actually a few smaller tiers above this... |
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| Icy detail |
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| 1st tier, from the side |
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| ~ Cover Falls on Britton Creek, Cherokee Co., NC ~ |
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| First view from the trail |
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| In the creek below the falls |
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| Water flowing under the ice |
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| Another view from the front |
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A few ice formations in the falls |
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| View of the falls from the side |
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| Icicles [ Go to NC Waterfalls - Cover Falls for a few "non-frozen" images of Cover Falls. ] |
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| ~ Metcalf Creek, Rabun Co., GA ~ |
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| Frozen upper falls on Metcalf Creek |
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Ice formations |
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| Another angle on the waterfall |
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More icy details |
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| One more view of the falls |