Inside The New York Botanical Garden

Morning Eye Candy: A Break In the Ice

Posted in Photography on January 17 2014, by Ann Rafalko

You’ve seen them before, holes in an otherwise solid sheet of ice, formed by moving water, either from a spring or an aerator. But did you know they have a name? Welcome to your new favorite piece of trivia: They’re called Symmes Holes (see the bottom of this story for an explanation).

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Photo by Ivo M. Vermeulen

In the Native Plant Garden