Wednesday Walk - Chicago is a Cold Cold Place

Here is a view of Chicago in winter for this #wednesdaywalk by @tattoodjay

Here is a rare view of what I call God rays off the Chicago Riverwalk. These can be seen early in the morning as the sun rises then bounces off the mirrored building into the icy fog in the morning. This happens almost every year in February when fog rolls in off the lake.

The rays are best seen at the level of the river walk. Higher up on the bridges they kind of just blend into each other.

Frozen fog has a nice way of masking out the buildings in long perspective views. Sadly the water taxi is out of commission when the river is frozen so I get to take a long walk in the cold to work.

Some days it rains then immediately freezes creating a coating of ice over everything.

Icicles cover everything. They tend to be brittle and often start falling off the building onto people... Watch out for a spike to the head.

The walk to work can be very slippery during this time.

The icicles hang around until early March when the river finally thaws out and you can see interesting breaking textures form into the icicles.

The evening brings out the color as building lights start bouncing off the fog back into the city creating a glow.

Every now and then you can get a nice sunset when there is no fog.