Sometimes nature just up and does things that blow our puny human minds.
This week she’s putting on a show on the water of Lake Michigan as huge shards of ice are piling up creating scenes that look like something straight out of Game of Thrones.
Pictures of the ice taken by Joel Bissell of MLive.com are going viral on the internet because, well, they’re absolutely incredible.
WOW-Stunning #IceShards on Lake Michigan.
-It looks like something from a Game of Thrones set!
-56% of the lake was frozen only 2 weeks ago.
-Rapid thaw & the movement of water under the ice has pushed ice shards into mesmerising patters of jagged ice stacks.@gmb pic.twitter.com/iJd1MnymZK— Laura Tobin. (@Lauratobin1) March 22, 2019
Forbes explains…
Despite its initial appearance, the ice shards are a result of Lake Michigan melting. As the frozen lake melts, the liquid water waves below the ice push broken pieces of ice against one another along the coastline. The stacked pattern of broken lake ice formed incredible patterns associated with the movement of waves below the ice.
Despite the ice creating some fantastically gorgeous scenes, it’s definitely not safe.
“No ice is safe ice especially this time of year,” U.S. Coast Guard BMC Grant Heffner told MLive.com. “The ice is certainly deteriorating and breaking up.”
PHOTOS: First comes spring, then comes the melt-off: Lake Michigan begins to thaw at a rapid pace, creating a pile-up of ice sheets along the pier of South Haven, Mich., on Tuesday. Movement of the lake's water beneath created the jagged, stacked pattern. pic.twitter.com/dkL0Hrx80h
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) March 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/nicole_batie/status/1108847336560754688
The warmer weather is also creating something called “pancake ice” on Lake Michigan, which is also an amazing sight to see.
Pancake Ice on Lake Michigan. #SpringEquinox2019 #spring#michigan#nature pic.twitter.com/OW6LrjXlQ9
— Zahnow.tez.eth (@KimZahnow) March 21, 2019
Mother Nature is one hella creative woman.
Ice covers the Lake Michigan shoreline as Spring arrives ~ Independent: https://t.co/6x9b8yCGeT #LakeMichigan #StormHour pic.twitter.com/TeFdvRP7Hj
— #StormHour (@StormHour) March 22, 2019