Science & Planet The frozen lake Michigan – one of the five Great Lakes in the north of the United States – is melting at an alarming rate, causing millions of shards of ice to the surface. That delivers brilliant images. “A giant mosaic of ice”, so messages American media.
The United States were faced last winter with a polar vortex. In Chicago, in the state of Illinois, dropped the temperature even up to – 30 degrees Celsius. Approximately half of lake Michigan, about 28.997 square kilometers, it froze due to the extreme winter weather. the
In the north of the United States came last week, again a plus for the temperature. “The mercury hovers no longer around the freezing point”, write the American media. “By the abruptly-rising temperature of the water broke the giant ice rink in millions of shards. Lake Michigan now looks like a giant mosaic of ice”.
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The U.s. coast guard calls the residents on the lake not to enter. “The ice is absolutely not sturdy enough to on which to walk. View it only from a distance”, sounds. The American news agency Associated Press distributed pictures of the enchanting scene.