Aufeis!

Last Saturday we took a trip out to the aufeis after dinner. Aufeis is basically layered ice that forms due to the freezing of water when the river overflows. These icings form massive layered ice sheets that alternate between blue and white coloring. As the Aufeis melts out, it forms these awesome caves. By the time I got out to see it, most of the cave had colapsed, but apparently it was 30-40 ft long earlier this season!

The aufeis cave from afar...

A close up of the cave showing the different colors of ice

Me modeling my bug shirt next to the ice cave

On the way back home we stopped by the road to look at the muskox who apparently hasn't moved for several weeks. If they have to, the muskox can charge really fast, but they tend to just stay in the same place to graze if un-threatened. We were rather far away, making pictures difficult. From where we were, it just looked like a giant hairy rock with horns.