Roughly a month after the photo “Light in the Dark” was taken, the stalactite and stalagmite meet, two ice formations that had slowly grown toward each other, drop by drop, now joined in a fragile ice waterfall, a frozen veil that just barely touches the ground.
The fan shaped, “flat” ice structure likely formed through a combination of airflow, irregular water supply, rapid freezing, and minimal contact points. As a result, it resembles a frozen brush more than a column. A beautiful illustration of how dynamic and unpredictable ice growth in glacier caves can be.
