!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow wow wow wow wow wow wow!!!!!!

I can't say much more than that. Yesterday we took a trip to a local dam, as apparently this is the only time of year that this particular dam has a barrier open all the way to allow the breaking ice from upstream to pass through.

I was dumbfounded by the speed, force and power of all of that water and all of that ice! So much of it, and huge thick chunks. Makes me think that I live in the arctic or something...

Have a look at some of the videos that I took. This first one shows the place where the water passes underneath the bridge, just before the barrier. Two warnings: I'm not a very good camera operator, as demonstrated by my non-steady steadycam work and bad angles. Also, this video is over a minute long, so it might take some time to buffer if you have a slowish connection. Alright, three warnings...I would recommend turning your sound down before viewing.



This next one shows the other side of the dam and how much power is generated by the sheer amount and force of the water being pushed through. It was actually quite scary to watch those huge huge huge waves moving so rapidly and seeing massive ice wedges being thrown about. It's kind of hard to get a sense of scale, but keep an eye out for the trees in the top right hand corner. They look so small!



This last one shows inside the dam, where you can see the barrier raised fully. Keep an eye out at the very top centre of the shot at about the 3-second mark for the huge block of ice that says hello to the wall!