Sculptures in Ice

It got up to near +40F today, so I headed out on the ice near the tip of an island exposed to the big lake. We have had very little snow and the ice out there had formed and been broken many times by the fall storms and was left in beautiful array. I'd guess it's at least 10" thick now and while solidly in place, the lake was booming continuously like distant cannon fire. And sometimes not so distant, as I would take a step and the ice would crack like thunder under my feet and shoot out across the lake. If you've never experienced a frozen lake, it's ice expanding in the cold, it is a phenomenon to behold.

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awesome photos, it was beautiful today here also. Felt like Spring --too bad it's not.

I like them all, especially the 2nd one. Very nice.

Thank you both.
Al

My parents live in Outing MN. My mom likes to take her sheltie for walks on their lake. When the ice booms like that, the dog takes off sprinting for home - never looks back!

mckinleypics wrote in post #13531501
My parents live in Outing MN. My mom likes to take her sheltie for walks on their lake. When the ice booms like that, the dog takes off sprinting for home - never looks back!

I can see why. I've spent a lot of time on frozen lakes in my life, but am not sure I've ever heard a lake boom so continuously as it was yesterday. And when one is laying on the ice trying for that certain photographic angle and the ice booms right under you, it scares the B'jeepers out of you.
Al

Nice shots. I need to get out into some snow/ice if it ever starts falling again in the Cascades.

We lost all of our snow here in Minneapolis last night.

I like the last one - interesting stuff in that right cube. Thanks for sharing!

Canon_Lover wrote in post #13531852
Nice shots. I need to get out into some snow/ice if it ever starts falling again in the Cascades.

Thank you. I lucked out with the weather yesterday; it was a beautiful winter's day.

mckinleypics wrote in post #13532516
We lost all of our snow here in Minneapolis last night.

We don't have much either, apparently there's more 100 miles south of us. But we have seen -7F already!

SkylineNZ wrote in post #13532546
I like the last one - interesting stuff in that right cube. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you. There are inclusions in some of this ice that look like air bubbles of some sort. It would be interesting to know how they are formed.

Al

Great work. Lots of different images in each photo. Thanks for sharing.

These are great, especially #2. Very creative!

Northontguy wrote in post #13535010
Great work. Lots of different images in each photo. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you; I had a great time photographing these.

TGrundvig wrote in post #13535088
These are great, especially #2. Very creative!

Thank you so much; I appreciate your commenting.

Al