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Five Animated Gifs Of Lake Michigan's Majestic Moving Ice

By Samantha Abernethy in Arts & Entertainment on Mar 17, 2013 4:00PM

The rollercoaster winter weather has done some strange stuff to Lake Michigan. Its icy surface is broken into donut-shaped chunks, and the slushy waves ripple under and around the chunks. The poor lake even made 50-pound ice balls.

Photographer Dave Gorum ventured out to create these animated gifs of Lake Michigan's icy undulations. We're mesmerized. Check out more of Gorum's work on his website and see more Chicago-esque gifs on his Tumblr.

[Via This Is Colosal]