Photo: Radiant Spirit Gallery on Facebook
(WJBK) - A photographer in Minnesota caught some great footage of some ice stacking on Lake Superior.
The photographer says she was taking some pictures at Canal Park, which is in Duluth, when she noticed the ice had pulled away from the shore. Then, she felt the breeze on her back and knew she was in for a treat.
The photographer, Dawn M. LaPointe, shared the video she took on Facebook. Nearly two million people have watched the video since it was posted February 13.
The video shows a few different views of the ice stacking, and you can even hear the edges crashing into each other if you turn up the volume enough. Dawn wrote that the sound reminded her of the sound of glass breaking.
Ice stacking happens when steady wind blows sheets of ice towards the shore, and the edges of the sheets crash together. Dawn wrote on her Facebook post that "four hours of 12-15 mph steady winds from the SW led up to the movement of the large sheets of ice on Lake Superior." She says she stayed out there for hours watching, despite the subzero temperatures.
Click here to watch if you cannot see the video player above. You can read more on that post about Dawn's experience filming the phenomenon, too.