Hi Everyone,
It's been a long cold winter here in Michigan. A friend sent me these photo's of Icebergs in the U.P. of MI. I remember driving up to visit our son when he was in college at MI TECH. in Houghton MI. & seeing the ice formations off Lake Superior!!! I understand if you die in the U.P. during winter you get buried in July when they chip you out of the ice. Now that is cold. Good thing I live in Southern MI.
I can't wait to live on 30-A, someday!!!!
Tom
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KurtKurtAdminSoWal2,475 postsJoined View profileMessageAdmin
KurtAdminSoWal2,475 postsJoined View profileMessageAdminBeautiful and bizarre! I've never seen any like them.
DuneAHHDuneAHHBeach FanaticPt Washington - west ;)3,072 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
DuneAHHBeach FanaticPt Washington - west ;)3,072 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach FanaticWow! I had no idea that there are bergs in the Yupper. Breathtaking!
I inhaled a breath of burning cold air when I looked at those pics! Y'know... when the air is SO COLD it has the weird sensation of BURNING your nasal passages?
I inhaled a breath of burning cold air when I looked at those pics! Y'know... when the air is SO COLD it has the weird sensation of BURNING your nasal passages?
beachmousebeachmouseBeach FanaticBluewater Bay, FL3,499 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
beachmouseBeach FanaticBluewater Bay, FL3,499 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach FanaticHas Lake Michigan entirely frozen over this year?
scooterbug44scooterbug44SoWal ExpertSowal16,706 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal Expert
scooterbug44SoWal ExpertSowal16,706 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal ExpertBeautiful and bizarre! I've never seen any like them.
Ditto! Ice that blue is usually glacier ice.
Are those in the Lake or is that the ice pushed up at the edges?
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Tom at BVBeach LoverPlymouth & Petoskey MI138 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach LoverAuthorIcebergs in Northern MI
scotterbug,
I checked my MI source and this is what I was told. Water will freeze the instant the wave broke through the ice when the temperature of the water is already some degrees below freezing. I personally have seen huge ice mountains along the Lake Superior shoreline & I assume some of these photo's happen when the lake ice pushes ice dams into the shore.
Here's some more interesting information from my source (see photo's). Iceburgs in the lake sometimes have stripes, formed by layers of snow 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. Also, when an iceberg falls into the lake a layer of water can freeze to the underside if this is rich in alga, it can forma a green stripe. also brown, black and yellow lines are caused by sediment, picked up when the ice sheet grinds downhill towards the lake. Interesting stuff.
Tom
Ditto! Ice that blue is usually glacier ice.
Are those in the Lake or is that the ice pushed up at the edges?
scotterbug,
I checked my MI source and this is what I was told. Water will freeze the instant the wave broke through the ice when the temperature of the water is already some degrees below freezing. I personally have seen huge ice mountains along the Lake Superior shoreline & I assume some of these photo's happen when the lake ice pushes ice dams into the shore.
Here's some more interesting information from my source (see photo's). Iceburgs in the lake sometimes have stripes, formed by layers of snow 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. Also, when an iceberg falls into the lake a layer of water can freeze to the underside if this is rich in alga, it can forma a green stripe. also brown, black and yellow lines are caused by sediment, picked up when the ice sheet grinds downhill towards the lake. Interesting stuff.
Tom
scooterbug44scooterbug44SoWal ExpertSowal16,706 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal Expert
scooterbug44SoWal ExpertSowal16,706 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal ExpertAre you saying the first pictures are of frozen waves/gushers coming through pressure cracks? That is usually more of a seep than a wave.
I am using to see huge piles of ice at the edges of the body of water when the wind/pressure drives them up, but those blue things are just too cool!
I am using to see huge piles of ice at the edges of the body of water when the wind/pressure drives them up, but those blue things are just too cool!
shakennotstirredshakennotstirredBeach FanaticPittsburgh, PA1,287 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
shakennotstirredBeach FanaticPittsburgh, PA1,287 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach FanaticThanks for sharing! Those are beautiful but I think I'd much rather see photos than see it in person. Brrrrr!
Tom at BVTom at BVBeach LoverPlymouth & Petoskey MI138 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach LoverAuthor
Tom at BVBeach LoverPlymouth & Petoskey MI138 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach LoverAuthorThanks for sharing! Those are beautiful but I think I'd much rather see photos than see it in person. Brrrrr!
Michigan Ice Breakers are tough people.:shock:
I am going into hiding till the weather warms up.
T:wave:
DDDDSoWal Expertgrapevine, tx. /On the road to SoWal23,871 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal Expert
DDSoWal Expertgrapevine, tx. /On the road to SoWal23,871 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal ExpertHoly Crap Tom!!! This is facinating to me. I never knew--or I guess never thought about it. Amazing.
ktschrisktschrisBeach FanaticSt. Louis1,877 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
ktschrisBeach FanaticSt. Louis1,877 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach FanaticSorry....I hate to be that guy...but here goes...
these are beautiful pictures of iceburgs, but they are not in MI. Check snopes.
snopes.com: Antarctica Wave
these are beautiful pictures of iceburgs, but they are not in MI. Check snopes.
snopes.com: Antarctica Wave
scooterbug44scooterbug44SoWal ExpertSowal16,706 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal Expert
scooterbug44SoWal ExpertSowal16,706 postsJoined View profileMessageSoWal ExpertAha! I was right - it is blue glacial ice!
Still cool photos, no matter what the details. Glad you posted them. :wave:
Still cool photos, no matter what the details. Glad you posted them. :wave:
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Tom at BVBeach LoverPlymouth & Petoskey MI138 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach LoverAuthorSorry....I hate to be that guy...but here goes...
these are beautiful pictures of iceburgs, but they are not in MI. Check snopes.
snopes.com: Antarctica Wave
Thanks for clearing this up, my source is now suspect & he drinks a lot:idontno:
I personally have seen the ice buildup along Lake Superior and it looked like a mountain of ice maybe 100' high along the shore, but I never crawled up on the ice. It was an amazing sight.
Tom
DuneAHHDuneAHHBeach FanaticPt Washington - west ;)3,072 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
DuneAHHBeach FanaticPt Washington - west ;)3,072 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach FanaticThanks for clearing this up, my source is now suspect & he drinks a lot:idontno:
I personally have seen the ice buildup along Lake Superior and it looked like a mountain of ice maybe 100' high along the shore, but I never crawled up on the ice. It was an amazing sight.
Tom
:lolabove: :lol::lol::lolabove:
(I still like all the pictures!)
Carol GCarol GBeach FanaticPoint Washington1,920 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
Carol GBeach FanaticPoint Washington1,920 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach FanaticAgreed, I don't care where they are, gorgeous photos!
KurtKurtAdminSoWal2,475 postsJoined View profileMessageAdmin
KurtAdminSoWal2,475 postsJoined View profileMessageAdminThat snopes guy sure is a buzzkill. Now that I look closer I see the guy in the picture is actually a penguin.
ktschrisktschrisBeach FanaticSt. Louis1,877 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
ktschrisBeach FanaticSt. Louis1,877 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach FanaticThat snopes guy sure is a buzzkill. Now that I look closer I see the guy in the picture is actually a penguin.
:lolabove: I know right? Just ask my kids. And they sure are beautiful pictures!
Tom at BVTom at BVBeach LoverPlymouth & Petoskey MI138 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach LoverAuthor
Tom at BVBeach LoverPlymouth & Petoskey MI138 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach LoverAuthorThat snopes guy sure is a buzzkill. Now that I look closer I see the guy in the picture is actually a penguin.
Kurt,
I need to better pick my sources next time & listen to you guys:clap:Open mouth, insert foot.:sarc:
Anyway here is a photo I can verify with my own eyes. Big ELK in Hillman, MI & it's not a penguin;-)
Tom
shakennotstirredshakennotstirredBeach FanaticPittsburgh, PA1,287 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach Fanatic
shakennotstirredBeach FanaticPittsburgh, PA1,287 postsJoined View profileMessageBeach FanaticMichigan Ice Breakers are tough people.:shock:
I am going into hiding till the weather warms up.
T:wave:
50 here today. 60 tomorrow. I know it will be short lived but we need a break. Things are looking up!
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