Island Girl's April Ice Out Tour 2005 - Part 2, page 7
The Ice
Sunday afternoon, the wind blowing, and this ice moving rapidly. Notice the larger gray patches and the masses of little pieces.
Here are the very porous gray patches, cracking and surrounded by broken up pieces. This ice is so fragile it breaks easily as the wind moves it around.
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The small pieces are actually tubes of ice. This is a closer up look of what looked like masses of little pieces in the first picture. When the hit each other they make the most interesting sound. Some describe it as tinkling, others as a crystal chandelier in the breeze.
These tubes of ice actually form the underneath of the gray sections of ice. They look like shards of glass under the water, and float to the top when they break apart from the gray ice. Click to see the tubes
A final bit of amusement. One of our snowmobile tracks in the remaining ice in W. Alton.
Thank you for taking my 2005 ice out tour. This was a most exciting two weekends at the lake. I thank my wonderful friends for the opportunity to be on the island and to share this great experience.
......... Island Girl