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Icebergs In Lake Michigan
In Response To: Wednesday is PHOTO DAY! ()

Amazing striped icebergs

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.

Not my photo, but I thought it was cool enough to share. A bunch more are at the link: http://dbsail.org/Icebergs/Icebergs.html

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