"Antarctic" Ice Waves

[JonnyRadar]

i just received these images from a friend... near the mackinac (or mackinaw) bridge in michigan, super-cooled ice in lake huron expanded and broke through the surface, forming these huge "ice waves."

EDIT: i spoke too soon without checking my references. see the reply below. said ice waves are actually antarctic and not in michigan...

mods, for the sake of accuracy feel free to change the title of this thread to "antarctic ice waves" or "blue ice" or something of that nature...

hmmm... antarctic phenomena in michigan?

EDIT: Nope

 

[dant]

Wow! Amazing photos!

 

[anart]

hmmm... antarctic phenomena in michigan?

You might want to double check with your friend. I saw these photos some time ago on a 'blue ice' site and that site said they were glacial - but that site might be mistaken - don't know anything about the site, per se. Here's the site, fwiw - _http://uaddit.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=670

 

[JonnyRadar]

wow, thanks for being more on your toes than i, anart. you were totally right. i followed the link and also found this:

_http://www.astro.caltech.edu/%7Etonyt/Domec/

which is from this site

_http://www.astro.caltech.edu/%7Etonyt/

which confirms that those pics are from Dome C

_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dome_C

Dome C, also known as Dome Circe or Dome Charlie, located at Antarctica at an altitude of 3,233 m or 10,607 ft above sea level, is one of several summits or "domes" of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Dome C is located on the Antarctic Plateau, 1,100km inland from the French research station at Dumont D'Urville, 1,100 km inland from the Australian Casey Station and 1,200 km inland from the Italian Zucchelli station at Terra Nova Bay. Russia's Vostok Station is 560km away. Dome C is the site of the Concordia Research Station, jointly operated by France and Italy.