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Ice cracks perpendicular to the area of most strain. In this case, it is bending over a hump in the valley, so the stress along the line of the valley, forming "fingers" visible from the side

Ice cracks perpendicular to the area of most strain. In this case, it is bending over a hump in the valley, so the stress along the line of the valley, forming "fingers" visible from the side