Monthly Image: Ice at Red Oaks Mill Dam

After the January snowstorm, everything above the water downstream of the Red Oaks Mill dam featured a snow cap rimmed with ice:

Red Oaks Mill Dam - downstream ice
Red Oaks Mill Dam – downstream ice

The jet emerging from a deep notch in the dam breast on the near side of the ice sheet chewed through the concrete-and-rubble structure:

Red Oaks Mill Dam - central flume
Red Oaks Mill Dam – central flume

Upstream, graceful curves in the ice highlight the flow streamlines:

Red Oaks Mill Dam - upstream ice
Red Oaks Mill Dam – upstream ice

Yes, that was on the same walk when we found the severed head