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Driving along Trans Canada Highway 117, I felt impelled to stop at a bridge, to see if the river ice was worth photographing. To my amazement, beneath the dirty bridge was the purest, clearest ice I had ever laid eyes on. I took a few pictures then, luckily, decided to view the ice from upstream of the bridge. At that very instant, rays from the setting sun happened to pass directly through a large slab of ice. The sight was absolutely breathtaking - possibly one of the most beautiful things I had ever seen out in the wild. It bordered on a religious experience - I was intensely captivated by it. The ice radiated a turquoise hue and it was glowing intensely, as if by some alien power source deep within it. As my pictures will attest, I was completely mesmerized. I was extremely fortunate to have pulled over at that nondescript bridge, to find this amazing scene at just the right time. Truly once in a lifetime. One week later, almost all the snow and ice had melted.
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Driving along Trans Canada Highway 117, I felt impelled to stop at a bridge, to see if the river ice was worth photographing. To my amazement, beneath the dirty bridge was the purest, clearest ice I had ever laid eyes on. I took a few pictures then, luckily, decided to view the ice from upstream of the bridge. At that very instant, rays from the setting sun happened to pass directly through a large slab of ice. The sight was absolutely breathtaking - possibly one of the most beautiful things I had ever seen out in the wild. It bordered on a religious experience - I was intensely captivated by it. The ice radiated a turquoise hue and it was glowing intensely, as if by some alien power source deep within it. As my pictures will attest, I was completely mesmerized. I was extremely fortunate to have pulled over at that nondescript bridge, to find this amazing scene at just the right time. Truly once in a lifetime. One week later, almost all the snow and ice had melted.