Environment
Horizontal Icicles Are Real, and They Are Fantastic
The extremely rare formations appeared recently after a Colorado blizzard.
Normally, the only way you’d see horizontal icicles is if you’d been knocked on your keister and were viewing the world sideways. But Craig Stith recently had the fortune to stumble upon such improbable growths near Fort Collins, Colorado, snapping these photos so the rest of us can gawk at the weird sight.
Stith, a project manager at a nearby manufacturing site, recounts via email: