Winnipesaukee PhotoPost Gallery

Facing West North West from Rattlesnake

DBA — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:37:06 +0000

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Description: There is ice movement due to winds this afternoon.

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Rattlesnake's View of Diamond

DBA — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:35:06 +0000

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Description: With the wind that has kicked up this afternoon and the ice having days to "soften", this is the result.

Desktop Background

DBA — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:37:22 +0000

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Description: Some days just take your breath away.

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Gorgeous Morning View

DBA — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:15:42 +0000

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Description: Looking toward the mountains and finally seeing water.

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View upon Arrival

DBA — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:13:47 +0000

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Description: This is what we saw when we returned today.

Desk sized ice cubes

DBA — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:11:05 +0000

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Description: Each of these blocks of ice is 18-24 inches thick and more than 4 feet long.

Icebergs Collide

DBA — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:07:12 +0000

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Description: This photo was taken Monday, April 16th, 2007. Two directions of moving icebergs came together and piled about 10 feet high and 50 feet long.

Broads Ice Melting

DBA — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:36:54 +0000

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Broads Ice Moving

DBA — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:09:42 +0000

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Ice Moving on the Broads

DBA — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:05:21 +0000

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Turkey Fluffed

DBA — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:41:02 +0000

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Loon

DBA — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:31:21 +0000

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Description: Heard this guy while checking ice.

View of Iceberg Thickness

DBA — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:24:24 +0000

by: DBA

Description: Taken today.... Icebergs are floating and do not appear to carry that much ice underneath.

Facing Gunstock... More openings

DBA — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:29:01 +0000

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Description: Today is displaying more water and the ice is being pushed.

Facing Southeast.... It's moving

DBA — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:24:33 +0000

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Description: This area has been open and then refroze. The wind is having it's way with the ice.

FINALLY ice is MOVING

DBA — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:20:02 +0000

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Description: Facing Gilford..... Looks some different from yesterday!

Facing Diamond Island

DBA — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:37:15 +0000

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Description: Snowfall from the trees punctuates the view of Diamond and various ice, skim ice, open water.

Facing Northeast from the Broadside

DBA — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:33:14 +0000

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Description: Further down island there is more open water, but the view from here is locked up tight.

Facing Mount Major

DBA — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:30:36 +0000

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Description: Snow and skim ice produced a new sheet of ice where water had been.

After the snow...Facing Gilford

DBA — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:26:48 +0000

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Description: Not much change but the ice is more insulated now.

Opening westerly toward Gilford

DBA — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:49:17 +0000

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Description: There is open water showing westerly.

Looking Northwest, it's still all ice

DBA — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:45:05 +0000

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Description: Sorry, no breaks here.

Broad side of Rattlesnake is still in winter

DBA — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:41:45 +0000

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Description: Over on the Broads, on the shady side, the ice is still supporting the weight of the airboat. It is not moving over here yet.

South side of Rattlesnake is open

DBA — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:35:22 +0000

by: DBA

Description: Large area of open water on the south westerly side of the island. Large bergs are moving with the wind.

Still fairly strong ice

DBA — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:29:38 +0000

by: DBA

Description: Westerly end of Rattlesnake facing south shore. This end of the island's ice will still support full airboat weight. Facing south where the ice is thinning considerably.

Southwest view of openings in the ice

DBA — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:21:24 +0000

by: DBA

Description: On the far right is the southern tip of Diamond. Several large openings in the ice.

Icebergs Offshore

DBA — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:35:30 +0000

by: DBA

Description: Westerly end of Rattlesnake shows a lot of water movement. Multiple broken pieces floating and farther out another open area is developing.

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More Holes Developing

DBA — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:27:25 +0000

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Description: Westerly side of Rattlesnake peninsula is displaying more holes today.

Openings in the Broads

DBA — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:55:12 +0000

by: DBA

Description: These holes are on the northerly side of Rattlesnake, around 300+- yards from shore and in the "road" plowed earlier in the winter. The smaller hole to the right is in a frequent snowmobile path and it is the size of a car. Each of the larger holes is 50-75 feet long.

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Another Hole off the south side of Rattlesnake

DBA — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:40:31 +0000

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Description: Zoom of another hole off Rattlesnake. This hole is larger than a car.

Thinner Ice

DBA — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:37:03 +0000

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Description: Western tip of Sleeper Island on the left. Thinning ice is between Sleeper and the mainland as viewed from Rattlesnake.

Pot Holes in this road

DBA — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:32:58 +0000

by: DBA

Description: Earlier this winter, someone had plowed a road from the mainland and this area is showing the earliest signs of melt. There is an actual opening through the ice.

Zoom of cracks and opening

DBA — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:25:36 +0000

by: DBA

Description: Same location but note the hole through the ice in the lower right corner. This kind of hole is puncuating the ice in many locations.

Cracks on Thursday, March 29, 2007

DBA — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:20:48 +0000

by: DBA

Description: Another walk to the hills of Rattlesnake gives a more aerial view of ice changes. Taken around 11am.

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Black Ice Cracks

DBA — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:17:39 +0000

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Description: Taken this morning on Rattlesnake

Cracks in Winter's Armor

DBA — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:47:52 +0000

by: DBA

Description: This photo was taken from Rattlesnake Island this morning. The ice is showing fractures. Some of the areas near shore are showing honey-combed tubes.

Last Vestiges of Gunstock Snow

DBA — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 12:18:41 +0000

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Description: We were out walking one of the paths to the top of Rattlesnake yesterday and I caught this view of Gunstock from an overlook. It was a beautiful spring day.

April Snow on the Castle

DBA — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:57:51 +0000

by: DBA

Description: We woke to new snow on the mountains. Castle in the Clouds shows clearly from our dock. So beautiful because it will not stay long now.

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Techtonic Iceberg

DBA — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 23:04:19 +0000

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Description: The ice on both sides of this piece were forcing it up 4 feet into the air.

Ice chewing at the shore

DBA — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 18:36:00 +0000

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Description: The edges of the ice take the pressure when ice is expanding or moving. These pieces are about 3 feet high.

Turkey in full dress

DBA — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 03:25:09 +0000

by: DBA

Description: We have a number of large male turkeys and many smaller female birds. This male was making himself known today.

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