Update: apparently these are not from Lake Michigan, but from the Arctic .. I have confirmed with various sources … too bad they aren’t
thanks everyone for the updates and correct info.
LAKE MICHIGAN ICEBERGS … Truly Awesome
Icebergs in Lake Michigan sometimes have stripes, formed by layers of snow that react to different 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. When an iceberg falls into the lake, a layer of water can freeze to the underside. If this is rich in algae, it can form a green stripe. Brown, black and yellow lines are caused by sediment, picked up when the ice sheet grinds downhill towards the lake.
Lake Michigan Icebergs with sediment
Lake Michigan Iceberg with Sediment
Lake Michigan Iceberg with Sediment
Sediment within an Iceberg on Lake Michigan
Frozen Wave Pictures – Nature is amazing!
The water froze the instant the wave broke through the ice. That’s what it is like in Lake Michigan where it is the coldest weather in decades. Water freezes the instant it comes in contact with the air The temperature of the water is already some degrees below freezing. Just look at how the wave froze in mid-air.
Frozen Wave Icebergs on Lake Michigan
Frozen Wave Icebergs on Lake Michigan
Frozen Wave Icebergs on Lake Michigan
Frozen Wave Icebergs on Lake Michigan
Frozen Wave Icebergs on Lake Michigan
Frozen Wave Icebergs on Lake Michigan
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These are absolutely fantastic! Being from FL I had no idea about waves in lake Michigan… these lakes are way different from ours hehe. Thanks for the post!
These are the most exquisite photos of icebergs I have ever seen! And I have no clue that icebergs even existed on Lake Michigan til now! Just wow!
If I didn’t know, I’d think these photos were taken in the arctic or something, just wow!
These icebergs are not in Lake Michigan! Some of the pictures are from the Artic. It is true icebergs do form colors, but there aren’t any here in Michigan!
Check out the following: http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/stripedicebergs.asp
You can find them
Come on. does anyone REALLY think these iceburgs are in Lake Michigan???
Of course they’re not. No one has seen anything like a true iceburg in Lake Michigan because there’s never been one!! These are from Antarctica.
The pictures are great, but we do not have those types of “iceburgs”.
Beautiful pictures, but Lake Michigan? Ha! Lake Michigan NEVER, repeat NEVER gets that cold. Even Lake Superior which I am currently looking at out my window never gets that cold! If you look a little further online, you will find that these are actually from Antarctica. Someone’s idea of a joke. The actual Lake Michigan icebergs you can find are not quite the same! Anyway, wherever they are, they ARE beautiful! God’s creation never disappoints.
Hahahahaha! What kind of doofbag thought these were from Lake Michigan? If you weren’t taught any more critical thinking than that, you probably should always be in the company of competent adult supervision.
Not sure what you are trying to prove by passing these off as being in Lake Michigan. These are not in the Great Lakes. yoopergirl summarized it quite nicely.
Amazing places… God bless you!
I and my children love so much about your rare beautiful pictures, Thanks.