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* Hard Water *
While hiking up around the White Oak Canyon Falls area in the Blue Ridge mountains I came across this pond and at first was wondering why it was not yet frozen. Now I've been around and seen lots of frozen lakes, ponds, and streams but I've never seen anything quite like this. This pond was frozen solid but looked totally liquid. I had to get right up to the edge of the water and physically touch it to tell that it was truly frozen. Then looking through the water I could see clearly to the bottom and could find no bubbles or flaws in the water to indicate that it was frozen. It was like this pond had froze in a split second.