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Frozen Potomac River

During a record cold outbreak the Potomac River is frozen over. The eerie silence is broken occasionally by the cracking of ice as the current an tide move underneath.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 01.2015
Date Uploaded: 10.2016
Photo Location: Woodbridge, VA, Virginia, United States of America
Copyright: © Allen Melson