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Lake Superior Ice 2021, I wanted to finish this week off with the last of my winter snow photos of Lake Superior. It is actually raining here today. So all this ice you see in these photos is but a memory now. These photos were all taken with a drone at the end of February. There were quite a few nights of -18 F to create this much ice on this giant lake.

Lake Superior is not only the largest of the great lakes, it also has the largest surface area of any fresh water lake in the world. It contains 3000 cubic miles of water. That is enough water to fill all the other great lakes plus 3 additional Lake Erie’s.

It is hard to describe the size of the ice heaves, shoves or I call the big ones cliffs out in the middle, that you see in these photos.

Lake ice formation is dynamic. Even when a lake is completely frozen, the ice is not stagnant. It expands and contracts as it warms and cools. Differences in day and night temperatures can be large enough to cause the ice to crack. As the air temperature drops at night, lake ice cools and contracts. Since the ice is stuck to the shoreline, the entire sheet cannot contract as a whole, so cracks develop in the ice.

When the ice warms during the day, it expands. This expansion can cause a collision between both sides of the crack, which can cause the ice to buckle up at that pressure point.

This picture below, I am standing over in the shadow of the trees and I cannot see over the ice chunks closest to the beach. They are that tall.

This is my view from the shoreline so you can see how tall this first row of ice is.

So I can only imagine how tall these ice formations are, farther out into the water. By the look of the shadow I can Imagine I am just a tiny speck if I were standing near it.

This is a close up of the ice in the center of the first photo above.

And here is the grand finale. Lake Superior 2021, this photo is facing East looking along the shoreline.

And this one is facing West. That is a lot of ice and when you see that much ice you know it was really cold.

Lake Superior Ice 2021

by Sandra J

Crossing the Barrier in Time

By Sandra | March 10, 2021

Crossing the Barrier in Time, that is what winter makes me think of. When I am standing at a location such as where I took these photos. It is like standing in a new world, no people, buildings or anything that resembles time.

I have crossed the barrier of time in my mind where I can now see the past, the journey, the road less traveled to arrive at this place in time. This place in time is in the moment.

Lake Superior is an amazing place especially in the winter. It is like another world.

The past that we wore born into is gone, a distant memory. A New World a New Life awaits every moment our eyes are opened.

This photo below is Lake Superior taken a couple of weeks ago with a drone. It shows the Ice buckling up along the shore line.

I have made a video of this Winters photoshoot of Lake Superior, on my You Tube Channel, you can visit and see the videos Here; Lake Superior on Ice. They are a little bit long so I did not want to attach them to this post.

Crossing the Barrier of Time

by Sandra J

Water Falls in the Winter

By Sandra | February 22, 2021

Water Falls in the Winter, I hope everyone had a good weekend. It has been some strange weather everywhere. It warmed up a bit here so I headed to the water falls to see what they looked like and took a few photos.

This photo below was taken last summer just to show you what is coming soon. 💕

by Sandra J

Just a Little Ice Formations

By Sandra | February 16, 2021

Just a Little Ice Formations at the Lake this month. When the sky’s are blue the ice is blue. The reflection of light. Everything is in winter hibernation, even me when it is this cold out.

by Sandra J

Ice Forming on Lake Superior

By Sandra | February 5, 2021

Ice Forming on Lake Superior, I love going to Lake Superior, everyday you will see something different. This first photo is Lake Superior in the Summer, you can see there is a nice little beach for walking along the shore line.

This photo below is the same beach, taken in December 2020. I was standing almost in the same spot. Notice the rocks on the right, the beach is a lot more narrow now and ice is beginning to form. It was very slippery.

This photo was taken last month, same spot and the rocks on the right. But now it is all ice all the way out to the left of the photo. There were footprints going out over the ice and I was tempted to walk out there. But I decided not to. That is some powerful water running underneath that ice.

It is tuff to get a good photo when the sky is gray and all the snow. This one shows a little bit more of how far the ice goes out from the shore line. The rocks are still on the right side of the photo.

This one is just looking straight out across Lake Superior with ice formations way out there. Quite the site seeing all this water and ice slowly closing in on you.