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Fire And Ice

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Published: 11 Feb 2026 › Updated: 11 Feb 2026Fire And Ice

Fire And Ice

After a couple weeks of freezing temperatures and on a night that was -30 degrees Celsius. I ventured down to a storm drain in the west end of Hamilton Ont.
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The plan? To see if a frozen underground "waterfall" had formed! This is a rare find that I made a couple of years ago, but sometimes does not freeze enough. But as soon as I got inside the tunnel, I knew it would be! I was walking on solid ice and saw a drain that was frozen.

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Then I spotted the "waterfall". It is a metal grate for water run off into the tunnel, that freezes into a pretty solid ice formation. That looks almost identical to frozen waterfalls in the area.

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After checking it out, it was time to break out the lights for light painting.

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This did not last past the test shots though lol. The cold drained the battery of my main light! A full charge to dead in under 10 minutes.

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So I started to play with sparklers and was able to get one shot with a light tube before it's battery drained lol.

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Lights not working, and not sure what to do with sparklers. I decided to play with steel wool instead!

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After these few shots, I was left with no choice but to pack it up. I was on my last light and did not really want to be stuck in there with no light sources.

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