Icescape IV

How this formation was created is a complete mystery to me.  I don't recall ever seeing anything quite like it before.  The light brown substance is ice.  I broke off a small piece of it at the edge of the ice covered pool and examined it.  It was this color throughout its entire thickness.  But I have no idea how it came to have this color.  This pool and one other smaller one right next to it were the only ones like this.  Numerous other small pools in the area were frozen over as well, but looked normal.  I could not see any evidence of anything obviously unusual that would have resulted in this unusual light brown ice.  And then exactly what forces led to the formation of this three dimensional structure of folded curves (for lack of a better description) over and around whatever object is underneath the small mound, is just as much of a mystery to me as the color of the ice.  At least the sprinkling of snow on top of the ice is understandable.  I think that the snow is an equally important element to the overall appeal of this composition.  If anybody can provide any knowledgeable educated insight concerning how this formation might have been created, I'd be very interested in reading it.

Canon 5D II
Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS
96mm, f/22, 0.5 second, ISO 50