The Ice Blob, photo by Cherie S..

Cherie says this has been shot to death but how can anyone not want to shoot this thing?

You can get this bigger right here and in her Michigan can be a Winter Wonderland set (slideshow). There’s a whole lot more pictures in this thread discussing the ice formation @ Belle Isle in Exposure.Detroit and also the Belle Isle ice show on Flickr.

I wasn’t able to come up with a definitive answer as to the hows and whys and wherefors of this amazing creation, but Chris Rabior at DetroitCity.com says that he’s done some digging and it it appears that this has been an annual attraction since at least the 60s and that our unusually cold winter has allowed for a much more impressive ice buildup than recent years.

More winter backgrounds on the Michigan Winter Wallpaper page