Frozen Lake Michigan thaws into otherworldly blue ice shards
Stunning!
After growing up in Michigan, I will always remember...
In early Spring, giant ice blocks pilled up along the Lake Michigan shoreline. With wind, waves and thawing, ice blocks were constantly heaving, crashing and shifting like a restless animal.
"Don't go near the ice blocks," my parents warned. "You could be killed."
People died each Spring, climbing on the slippery, moving ice blocks.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I remember that. I lived one block from the lake in Michigan City when I was in first grade.
mooredolezal
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Mar 22, 2019
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Either last weekend or the weekend before a hundred adults had to be rescued off of lake Erie because they were on a ice floe that left land, you can't fix stupid.
oldFloyd
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Mar 21, 2019
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Fishermen or tourists?
Darwin award winners. Natural selection.
Stupid fisherman.
My family is in the Milwaukee area and Lake Michigan on "our side of the pond" is similar but not quite so spiky. I remember a few years ago taking photos of the most beautiful aqua color blue trapped in the ice shards. It really is 'otherworldly' to see the color varieties and the shapes. I will share this photo of up near Door County area in Wisconsin in January. The motion of the ice was mesmerizing to watch:
mojo5501
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Mar 21, 2019
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