It's like Moses came along and parted the ice.
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strange ice formation at edge of lake
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Wow, that's bizarre.
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Post-freeze earthquake?
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I'm guessing that the water level in the pond dropped after the top froze, leaving this bit high and dry.
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I hypothesize that wind blew this slab up onto the shore a bit.
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That's about as plausible as my Moses theory.Bigfeets?
I like this better than the Bigfeets theory.Post-freeze earthquake?
That sort of thing happens all the time in puddles and micro ponds, but doesn't look anything like this.I'm guessing that the water level in the pond dropped after the top froze, leaving this bit high and dry.
Not as crazy as it sounds; I've seen similar penomenon. But I've always seen that result in a choppy broken surface.I hypothesize that wind blew this slab up onto the shore a bit.
My first thought was an ice dam formed, and then additional water entering the lake caused some water to spill over the edges of the ice and build up. But no, that doesn't make sense. The additional water would extend the perimeter of the pond, but wouldn't effect the edge configuration.
I observed a heavy accumulation of needle ice all around the pond. Could it have also formed under the pond ice, jacking up the pond ice, and filling in around the perimeter, giving the appearance of a thick abruptly-edged ice sheet?
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Is that the edge of the entire pond? I can’t tell for sure in the pic. Could it be spring fed with an exit that is blocked and it freezes on top before it gets to/falls off the side?
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Second vote for wind. I'm going to bet that several days of consistent direction wind pushed free lake water onto a thin slab of frozen lake water, one thin sheet of water at a time, building it up layer by layer. Word of caution: I'm a musician, not a scientist.
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Are those rocks I see on top of the slab?
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Yeah, and chunks of ice too. I assume people were messing around and tossing stuff on the lake.