We’ve had a run of cold weather in St. Louis for a couple of weeks now, so ice floes are a common sight on the Mississippi River. I took advantage of the cold weather (how often do I get to say that!) to take some photos along the downtown St. Louis riverfront and of the frozen Chain of Rocks, when the air temperature was a balmy 7° (above zero, at least). A few of the photos, taken on January 6, 2018, are posted below.

A tow pushes through ice on the Mississippi River at downtown St. Louis
A winter view of the Chain of Rocks on the icy Mississippi River
Ice surrounds water intake towers for St. Louis above the Chain of Rocks on the Mississippi River
Steam and ice surround the Chain of Rocks rapids on the Mississippi River above St. Louis
Close-up photograph of the Chain of Rocks rapids on the Mississippi River above St. Louis, with ice and steam all around them
Circles formed in the ice sheet in the Mississippi River above the Chain of Rocks

©Dean Klinkenberg, 2018

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