Melting Wave Ice Covering Shore Rock Stock Photo

Ice is water frozen into a solid state, typically forming at or below temperatures of 0 degrees Celsius or 32 degrees Fahrenheit. Depending on the presence of impurities such as particles of soil or bubbles of air, it can appear transparent or a more or less opaque bluish-white color. The term that collectively describes all of the parts of the Earth`s surface where water is in frozen form is the cryosphere. Ice can also form icicles, similar to stalactites in appearance, or stalagmite-like forms as water drips and re-freezes. High winds and frigid temperatures over Cayuga Lake in NYS Fingerlakes with ice covered broken piers.