Receding water leaves a sheet of ice suspended in crops

Sheet of ice suspended above mud on dry crop stalks after floodwater receded

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Floodwater that freezes in place can leave a hard ice lid once the liquid underneath drains away.

Stubble and stalks act as stilts, so the sheet hangs above the mud until it thaws or collapses.

Thursday October 22nd 2020