Ross Fountain iced over
13th December 2022
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A composite image of the Ross Fountain in December 2022, the water turned to ice. The middle images shows the whole illuminated Fountain, the Castle behind with the dark sky of the late afternoon (about 5pm). Around it are details. Top left the basin with mermaids, the flowing water from the upper basin turned to ice. Top right the upper figure of Plenty clothed in ice. Lower left, three of the four allegorical figures representing Industry, Poetry and Science, again shrouded in ice. Lower right, a detail of the upper basin with its faces.
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