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Regional Discussion => Northern NH => Topic started by: Tom Sawyer on January 15, 2014, 07:03 AM NHFT

Title: Ice Castle Lincoln, New Hampshire
Post by: Tom Sawyer on January 15, 2014, 07:03 AM NHFT
(http://www.icecastles.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/icecastle_logo.png) (http://www.icecastles.com)
Lincoln, New Hampshire
http://www.icecastles.com/Loon

(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5180/5399850235_893d88f17c_b.jpg)

Cool video
Crystallize - Lindsey Stirling (Dubstep Violin Original Song)
shot at the Ice Castle in Colorado
http://youtu.be/aHjpOzsQ9YI
Title: Re: Ice Castle Lincoln, New Hampshire
Post by: Russell Kanning on January 16, 2014, 08:33 PM NHFT
how did they make it?
Title: Re: Ice Castle Lincoln, New Hampshire
Post by: Tom Sawyer on January 16, 2014, 09:07 PM NHFT
Quote from: Russell Kanning on January 16, 2014, 08:33 PM NHFT
how did they make it?

Water
Title: Re: Ice Castle Lincoln, New Hampshire
Post by: Tom Sawyer on January 16, 2014, 09:12 PM NHFT
 ;D

Shape shifters sculpt it, to help get over their homesickness for their alien ice planet.

Actually, apparently...
http://www.icecastles.com/what-are-ice-castles/
QuoteBuilt one icicle at a time

Visitors often ask how we create the ice formations that we call ice castles.  We start by "growing" more than 5,000 icicles each day that we harvest and sculpt together.  Newly placed icicles are then drenched in freezing water.  The blend of icicle placement, changing temperatures, water volume, and wind result in an astonishing variety of ice formations.  And so all of the beauty you see at the ice castle is a unique blend of an artistic eye and mother nature's work.

We repeat this process once or twice a day, depending on temperatures. and after about a few weeks of growth we can create very large towers, tunnels, archways, caves, caverns, and safe pathways for pedestrian exploration.  Continued development of the structures throughout the winter results in an evolving ice masterpiece.
Title: Re: Ice Castle Lincoln, New Hampshire
Post by: Jim Johnson on January 17, 2014, 12:06 AM NHFT
I think they should call it an iceterpiece.
Title: Re: Ice Castle Lincoln, New Hampshire
Post by: dalebert on January 17, 2014, 09:25 AM NHFT
How's it holding up during this temporary thaw?
Title: Re: Ice Castle Lincoln, New Hampshire
Post by: Russell Kanning on January 20, 2014, 06:31 PM NHFT
I thought she said at the end of the video that she filmed in Colorado.
I thought they just turned on a sprinkler .... they actually moved them and formed them? wow
In Wyoming the big sprinklers that water the hay would make some cool stuff on cold nights in the fall. :)
Title: Re: Ice Castle Lincoln, New Hampshire
Post by: KBCraig on January 21, 2014, 09:11 AM NHFT
Chronicle shows them building it.

http://www.wmur.com/new-hampshire-chronicle/Tuesday-January-14th-Loon-Ice-Castle/-/13383450/23958736/-/3y2dpi/-/index.html
Title: Re: Ice Castle Lincoln, New Hampshire
Post by: Raineyrocks on January 23, 2014, 12:40 PM NHFT
Wow, awesome!  :)