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These Photos Of A Frozen Niagara Falls Are Pure Icy Magic

Looks like Elsa's been here.
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Senior Photo Editor, HuffPost

A building covered in ice sits at the base of the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 2, 2018.
A building covered in ice sits at the base of the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 2, 2018.
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While everyone on the East Coast was dealing with the crazy winter storm this week, Niagara Falls was making a transformation of its own.

Ice coats the rocks and observation deck at the base of Horseshoe falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Ice coats the rocks and observation deck at the base of Horseshoe falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
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To a literal frozen wonderland.

The temperatures brought by the “bomb cyclone” this week were cold enough to freeze running water, and the falls that straddle both the United States and Canada were no exception.

See the beautiful photos from a frozen Niagara Falls below.

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A lone visitor on the United States side of the Niagara River watches as ice chunks and water flow over the brink of the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 3, 2018.
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Ice and water flow over the American Falls, viewed from the Canadian side in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 2, 2018.

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Visitors take pictures near the brink of the ice covered Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 3, 2018.
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Ice hangs from the top of the American side of Niagara Falls on Jan. 3, 2018.
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Water flows over ice forming at the base of the American Falls, viewed from the Canadian side in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 3, 2018.

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A lone visitor takes a picture near the brink of the ice covered Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 3, 2018.
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Ice and water flow over the American Falls, viewed from the Canadian side in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 3, 2018.
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A visitor takes pictures near the brink of the ice covered Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 3, 2018.
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A building covered in ice sits at the base of the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 2, 2018.
Aaron Lynett / Reuters
Ice and water flow over the Horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 3, 2018.

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