Weird Ice

Yesterday, given warmer weather, several friends came out to the lake for a day of ice fishing.

They did a lot of fishing, but no catching resulted from that.

A couple weeks ago, I posted a photograph of the strange ice patterns on a section of the lake ice near my lakefront.  

The patterns are a result of fickle weather when the lake surface initially froze.  The first inch or so of ice formed during an arctic impulse.  That ice was partially broken up during a brief warm and windy spell.  The broken ice and open water then refroze quickly, creating the patterns seen today.

Yesterday, the melting ice surface offered a better look at some of the weird ice patters.  I shuffled along the ice and captured a series of images with my smarter-than-me-phone.

Frozen Shards

Frozen Geometric Shapes

“Brother” Mark Susag on the Ice

—Mitchell Hegman