“The view was surreal, there were mountains where the water was, only a few days before. The world had transformed fully to winter” – Ed Lehming

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, these lake mountains, or cryo-volcanoes, are something that’s unique to the Great Lakes, as far as I know. They probably occur in any cold weather, fresh water lake that is big enough to generate the wave force to create them.

The photo I chose for today was taken minutes after the photo that I shared yesterday. However, this photo really appeals to me because the sky had opened up a little bit above me, and bright rays of sunshine beamed down on top of the open ice and the water on the horizon. I just thought it was a nicer composition.

I do have to say that I struggled a little bit trying to name this image, and calling it the Lake Mountains just seemed a bit obvious. However, I really had nothing else that came to mind, so here it is.

Nikon D800
Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G I AF-S VR Zoom @ 70 mm
1/500 sec, f11, ISO 400