Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Ice is Out!

This photo was taken at 3:30 this afternoon.  This is the last of the ice on Kukagami for the spring of 2011.  A new season has begun!
 
 

May 4 Satellite image

 
You can just barely see the thin ice on the lakes!

May 4 morning

A chunk of ice drifted to shore.  About a kilometer away, you can see just a hint of the pale grey line of ice.  It separates the forest from its reflection in the lake.
 
Maybe the ice will be gone today!

May 4 new ice

Minus 2 overnight, new ice crystals form at the edge of an ice floe. 

May 2 afternoon

 

Monday, May 2, 2011

May 2, 2011

Yahoo!  Strong winds on May first moved the ice!  On the morning of May second, pans of ice float amidst reflections in the water.

April 30, 2011

Just enough water around the dock and shore to launch the Kayak!  This ice was soft enough to paddle right through to the far shore.

April 29, 2011

The has melted around the sunny shorelines.

April 27, 2011

Rainy day in late April.  Mist rising from the lake.