2010-01-03-IceOnTheBeach

initiation of ice cover on Lake Michigan. Snow and ice 'balls' of softball to wrecking ball size float in the surf zone. They achieve their spherical shape by erosional rounding in the constant back and forth wave action. Currents and waves pushed them close together near the shoreline. Every so often a larger wave set moves in, tossing small chunks of ice and a spray of water over the mounded deposits, creating an ice ridge. All of what is seen here developed in a matter of hours! ... Ice ridge ...
Author: eselrick; Tags: Ice ridge Lake Michigan Nature Natural Phenomenon Geology


















