The Mighty Waters

So many things come to mind when I see this. This happens when there is a crack in the ice, it starts to thaw and the lake starts to freeze again. The procerss of expansion due to freezing causes the to sides fo the fracture to be pressed together, very much like plate tectonics in the earths crust form mountains (ok not from freezing, i get that, but from to plates colliding and uplift).
Much like an earth quake, this is not a quite peaceful event. This is fast and it is noisy. When this happens, it can literally be heard all across the lake, there is a unique echoing sharp sound that can only be heard when the lake freeze. Its eerie and beautiful at the same time, and just a little unnerving while standing ON the ice, because, much like an earthquake, it can be felt everywhere on the ice. Its a powerful thing to witness. What is left behind is just as powerful of an image when you know how it was made.
While I was at the waters edge, to take this picture I also saw this.