January 10, 2014: Giant ice balls on Lake Michigan

Undertoad · 01-10-2014, 08:09 AM

Make up your own punchline...

75 pound boulders the size of beach balls were washing up on the shores of Lake Michigan yesterday. You can kind of see how they're birthed by watching the video: massive chunks of ice are rolled around by the waves.

full story

HitTheLake · 01-10-2014, 11:10 AM

Linky severed on the YouTube, here's another. Maybe not as good as the first one, but it shows the motion / action.

http://youtu.be/V5lYyZDmkts

BigV · 01-10-2014, 12:45 PM

hiya HitTheLake, thanks for the link to the video.

I found the sidebar in YouTube very interesting with several other seemingly related videos, same title, etc, but with nakey people in the screengrab thumbnail. B.Justin seems particularly desperate in this way...

anyhow, nice to see you!

Undertoad · 01-10-2014, 01:03 PM

Thanks Lake, I've put your vid inline in my post.

HitTheLake · 01-10-2014, 01:27 PM

I found the "related videos" interesting as well. But I guess what can you expect when you're looking at an "ice balls" video.

Gravdigr · 01-10-2014, 03:00 PM

I mean, my balls are pretty damn cool, and what not...

...but, they're not ice balls.

Diaphone Jim · 01-12-2014, 11:35 AM

When I was a kid, a friend asked me if there was such a thing as dirty ice, with the idea in mind that any dirty part would always be melting off.
I asked him what about ice made with dirty water.
Sixty years later, these ice balls kind of prove the point.

fargon · 01-12-2014, 11:56 AM

The dirt in the ice balls is sand that is held in suspension by the wave action.

monster · 01-12-2014, 12:14 PM

Hebe and I are tempted to make a stop on our way home from Chicago and see if we can see some.

Molasar · 01-12-2014, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

I mean, my balls are pretty damn cool, and what not...

...but, they're not ice balls.

... and the market for videos of them is gonna be pret-ty limited too.

CaliforniaMama · 01-24-2014, 04:21 PM

The ice pancakes are really cool to watch, too.

Seems weird to me that the tumbling balls of ice would get bigger. It seems like they would get worn down, like how the tumbling action of a drum of rocks will make them smoother.

(Neither of the video links worked for me.)

01-10-2014, 08:09 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	January 10, 2014: Giant ice balls on Lake Michigan Make up your own punchline... 75 pound boulders the size of beach balls were washing up on the shores of Lake Michigan yesterday. You can kind of see how they're birthed by watching the video: massive chunks of ice are rolled around by the waves. full story

01-10-2014, 12:45 PM	#3
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	hiya HitTheLake, thanks for the link to the video. I found the sidebar in YouTube very interesting with several other seemingly related videos, same title, etc, but with nakey people in the screengrab thumbnail. B.Justin seems particularly desperate in this way... anyhow, nice to see you! __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

01-10-2014, 03:00 PM	#6
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I mean, my balls are pretty damn cool, and what not... ...but, they're not ice balls. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

01-12-2014, 11:56 AM	#8
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	The dirt in the ice balls is sand that is held in suspension by the wave action. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

01-12-2014, 12:14 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Hebe and I are tempted to make a stop on our way home from Chicago and see if we can see some. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-10-2014, 11:10 AM	#2
HitTheLake Soylent Greenhorn Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 25	Linky severed on the YouTube, here's another. Maybe not as good as the first one, but it shows the motion / action. http://youtu.be/V5lYyZDmkts

01-10-2014, 01:03 PM	#4
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Thanks Lake, I've put your vid inline in my post.

01-10-2014, 01:27 PM	#5
HitTheLake Soylent Greenhorn Join Date: May 2013 Posts: 25	I found the "related videos" interesting as well. But I guess what can you expect when you're looking at an "ice balls" video.

01-12-2014, 11:35 AM	#7
Diaphone Jim Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,122	When I was a kid, a friend asked me if there was such a thing as dirty ice, with the idea in mind that any dirty part would always be melting off. I asked him what about ice made with dirty water. Sixty years later, these ice balls kind of prove the point.

01-24-2014, 04:21 PM	#11
CaliforniaMama I wonder . . . Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Left Coast, a pretty good place to be. Posts: 1,278	The ice pancakes are really cool to watch, too. Seems weird to me that the tumbling balls of ice would get bigger. It seems like they would get worn down, like how the tumbling action of a drum of rocks will make them smoother. (Neither of the video links worked for me.) __________________ Take time for silence. You never know what you might hear.

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