Cool: Ice needles on a beach in Minnesota

[alsame]

Watch this video, it's amazing.

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Springtime in Minnesota: the sun, the beach, the ice.

Wait, what?

Despite temperatures climbing to almost 80 degrees on Sunday, beachgoers to a lake in eastern Minnesota saw spiky mounds of ice in almost volcanic-looking formations along the edge of the beach.

According to a local weather reporter on KARE, the ice needles formed when ice out on the lake was pushed by a strong wind to shore, where warm weather then weakened the ice so that it splintered.

The hearty locals don’t seem to mind the last gasp of winter. One girl is heard exclaiming on the video, “That is so cool.” Literally.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/cool-ice-needles-beach-minnesota-145517702.html

[Mnemosyne]

1. That IS so cool! Thanks alsame! nt

[Arugula Latte]

2. It's alive!

Nature FTW.

[HappyMe]

3. Wow.

That is cool.

[MineralMan]

4. That's a rare, rare thing to observe.

I'm glad they had a way to video it.

[JNelson6563]

5. Isn't the north a grand place?

Sometimes we get to see the coolest stuff! This video was awesome!

I'm in northern MI and love the change of seasons. The transition periods are often the most interesting!

Julie

[Brickbat]

6. We get those up on the North Shore of Lake Superior every spring. They're fascinating.

[alsame]

7. It must be incredible to

see that. I was fascinated by the sight and sound of the video, it must be even more dramatic in person.

[randome]

8. We're gonna need more FEMA trucks!