Photo of the day - May 13

This last Sunday at Lost Lake much of the ice along the shore was in the late melt stage. As ice melts apparently from the surface of the ice as well as below the ice (water temperature is warmer), the solid ice fractures into slender rods or candles which lie on their side and continue to melt. When the ice fractures into these candles it’s a very unique sound, like hundreds of glass bottles bumping into each other in the water. It’s a rite of spring to take in the sounds and sights we’ve become accustomed to. Photo Courtesy Fronty Parker