Saturday, February 15, 2014

Lake Michigan Shelf Ice


One of the greatest things about where I live is that I'm just minutes away from Lake Michigan. It's always been one of my favorite places to get away for the day, or even just a half hour like we did today. When you have a cold winter like are having this year, it actually freezes the Lake. You can see where the waves crash to the shore but they don't make it back out because they freeze when they get there. They say the Great Lakes are the most frozen they've ever been this year. They put out several warnings because the shelf ice is very dangerous to walk or climb on. Getting an up close view of it today, I can understand why, and you will too when you see where the water is in the photos below. I thought it would be fun to show you pictures of what the same locations looked like just seven months ago.




8 comments:

  1. Wow! It's beautiful, both with and without the ice. We live in the mild climate of the Pacific NW so we don't get much ice and snow.

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  2. Awesome pictures! So-o-o cold! I feel cold just looking at them :)

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  3. Well either way it is beautiful but I for one have had enough of this winter weather

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  4. Fun idea to take pictures in summer and winter. Even though the winter photo's are gorgeous, I prefer the ones taken in summer! Enjoy your sunday, while I fantasize about taking walks on the beach enjoying some icecream :-)

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  5. Great shots. What a difference a few months (and a polar vortex) can make!! You've captured the bone-chilling cold in your winter photos. I am SO ready for Spring!

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  6. Very cool. The cold temps have frozen the lagoon near us quite solid this year. It's the first time in years kids have been able to skate on it. It's kind of fun having all this winter. In a way I'm not looking forward to spring because I know it's going to be a real mess this year when all the snow starts melting.

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  7. Wow! That is one frozen Great Lake! It looks amazing with the frozen waves. The photos are awesome.

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