Frozen Waves on Lake Michigan! Amazing!

March 15, 2011

 

From an email- these are amazing!

 

 


The water froze the instant the wave broke through the
ice. That’s what it is like in Lake Michigan where it is the
coldest weather in decades. Water freezes the instant
it comes in contact with the air. The temperature of the
water is already some degrees below freezing.

Just look at how the wave froze in mid-air!!!

 

 

 

 

Icebergs in Lake Michigan sometimes have stripes, formed by
layers of snow that react to different conditions.

Blue stripes are often created when a crevice in the ice sheet
fills up with melt water and freezes so quickly that no bubbles form.

When an iceberg falls into the lake, a layer of water can
freeze to the underside. If this is rich in algae, it can form a
green stripe.

Brown, black and yellow lines are caused by sediment, picked up
when the ice sheet grinds downhill towards the lake.

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This person had something amazing to say! 1 Galit Breen March 16, 2011 at 8:10 am

These photos are absolutely incredible!
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This person had something amazing to say! 2 Serendipity is Sweet March 16, 2011 at 8:21 am

Wow, those are amazing! That last photo looks like Lake MI, but the others look like the arctic. How stunning.

This person had something amazing to say! 3 Heather March 16, 2011 at 8:56 am

Those are amazing! My grandparents are from Michigan, but I have never been up there in the winter – only the summer, so I’ve never seen this.

This person had something amazing to say! 4 Run DMT March 16, 2011 at 9:02 am

WOW! That almost doesn’t look real! WILD!
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This person had something amazing to say! 5 Stacie @ The Divine Miss Mommy March 16, 2011 at 11:28 am

AMAZING!!!
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This person had something amazing to say! 6 Ollie McKay's March 16, 2011 at 1:05 pm

Wowie!! Really?? I had no idea that could happen here in the US mainland ~ at Lake Michigan??!! Those are very cool pics! Happy WW and thanks for stopping by!
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This person had something amazing to say! 7 peggy March 16, 2011 at 2:16 pm

Wow! That’s amazing!

This person had something amazing to say! 8 Making It Work Mom March 16, 2011 at 7:20 pm

That is incredible. I have never seen anything like it!

This person had something amazing to say! 9 blueviolet @ A Nut in a Nutshell March 17, 2011 at 2:11 am

I would have thought those photos were from the Arctic!

This person had something amazing to say! 10 quilly March 17, 2011 at 10:54 am

What a cool post! I am so glad you wrote this and I came to see it. i love learning stuff like this!

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