When winter tightens its grip on Lake Superior in Minnesota, the shoreline transforms into a landscape of tilted, glass-like shards known as plate ice. Thin sheets fracture under shifting temperatures, then drift and stack as the wind presses them toward land. The result is a field of translucent blues and silvers, catching the light at sharp angles and making the water"s edge appear sculpted rather than frozen.
Plate ice along Lake Superior, Grand Marais, Minnesota, United States
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Among the cedar and spruce
-
Paro Tsechu Festival, Bhutan
-
Vila Franca Islet, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
-
International Day of Human Space Flight
-
Prayer flags in Phobjikha Valley, Bhutan
-
World Reef Awareness Day
-
The top of Tennessee
-
Boreal owl
-
A starry night!
-
Living rock
-
Chinese New Year
-
International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
-
The citadel in Bonifacio, Southern Corsica, France
-
International Tea Day
-
Let’s have a lek, see?
-
Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia, Chile
-
World Bicycle Day
-
Little Pigeon River, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, United States
-
Where is this ethereal mountain?
-
Fish River Canyon, Namibia
-
God’s Own Country
-
Sandstone formations in the badlands near Caineville, Utah, United States
-
Town of Pienza in Tuscany, Italy
-
Turtle-y nice day for a swim
-
Cable car station on Piz Nair mountain, Graubünden, Switzerland
-
International Mountain Day
-
Garden at Château de Villandry, Loire Valley, France
-
Something to ‘bee’ thankful for
-
Little Island, Big Sea
-
Grand Canyon National Park, USA
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

