The Cellar - April 22, 2008: Ice wave

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xoxoxoBruce

04-21-2008 10:51 PM

April 22, 2008: Ice wave

Beltnah sends you another one.
You may have seen this, it's been floating (no pun) around the net this winter.
http://cellar.org/2008/icewave1.jpg

One of the sites it's on says;

Quote:

Frozen Wave Phenomenon on Lake Huron.
Michigan has had the coldest winter in decades. Water expands to freeze, and at Macinaw City the water in Lake Huron below the surface ice was supercooled. It expanded to break through the surface ice and froze into this incredible wave.

This wave phenomena is seen in Antarctica, but in Michigan? Yes, it's been quite a winter!

http://cellar.org/2008/icewave2.jpg

I say, sell it to the Arabs. :yelgreedy

lookout123

04-21-2008 10:58 PM

Wait, didn't we have this in the cellar already? It is caused by the ice being pushed up rather than water freezing on the way down. I'm certain I saw it here. This is the only place I see cool things.

xoxoxoBruce

04-21-2008 11:28 PM

I don't think it was IOtD. It may have been in one of the picture threads, or you may have seen it on one of the 70 odd sites it's been posted on.

newtimer

04-22-2008 02:50 AM

So much for 'global' warming, eh?

Kumbulu

04-22-2008 03:37 AM

Would make a great pic if someone posed on top on a surfboard.

Sundae

04-22-2008 05:08 AM

It looks like a blue salmon fillet :drool:

rupip

04-22-2008 06:13 AM

COOL

spudcon

04-22-2008 07:28 AM

I got this a month ago from a buddy in Michigan. He finally got tired of waiting for spring, and headed south again.
Ditto, Newtimer.

glatt

04-22-2008 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by newtimer (Post 447382)

So much for 'global' warming, eh?

Quote:

Originally Posted by spudcon (Post 447396)

Ditto, Newtimer.

Denying global warming exists on Earth Day. :mad:

cooties

04-22-2008 08:43 AM

Snopes has a different (and accurate) explanation.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/antarcticwave.asp

Shawnee123

04-22-2008 09:02 AM

I love it. There's a little bit of ice somewhere and everyone points and screams "SEE? SEE? How freaking warm is THAT? I laugh in the face of your global warming." :lol:

Really cool pic! No matter where the darn ice was. Thanks, cooties, for saving me a drive to Michigan!

xoxoxoBruce

04-22-2008 10:37 AM

Yes, thanks cooties! We're always looking for better information on the IOtD pictures.
I was wondering, if it was Lake Huron, why wasn't it brown ice?

Imigo Jones

04-22-2008 11:02 AM

http://cellar.org/2008/icewave2.jpg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kumbulu (Post 447384)

Would make a great pic if someone posed on top on a surfboard.

Or inside the tube and was flash-frozen. "Endless Winter," starring Otzi the Swiss Iceman.

http://www.popartuk.com/g/l/lgst5034...ing-poster.jpg

JennTheMermaid

04-24-2008 01:52 PM

Apparently, according to Snopes, "These particular photographs were taken at the Antarctic base of Dumont D'Urville by Tony Travouillon in 2002.

In March 2008, the text accompanying these pictures was altered to place the ice formations in Michigan (due to the recent cold snap there).

:)

xoxoxoBruce

04-24-2008 04:29 PM

Welcome to the Cellar, JennTheMermaid. :D
Your right about Snopes, cooties linked to that in post 10.

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