Empire Ice Caves by Robin Lane
Robin shared these otherworldly shots of the ice caves on Empire Beach in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore earlier this week. Click the pics to see them bigger & follow her on Instagram for more!
As with any time we share photos of ice caves, we need to caution you that you can 100% lose your life exploring ice caves. Be smart.
It can be dangerous because you might think you’re walking on solid ground, when actually you’re out over the water. Due to the layered nature of shelf ice, even if you’re out over four feet of water, if you were to fall through a thin spot in the ice, you could find yourself trapped in an ice cavern and even though you may not be fully submerged in the water, you’re unable to get out because the walls of the cavern are ice and impossible to climb.
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These are great pictures! I feel cold just looking at them! The first one I expected “The Abominable” to come wandering out any second. :)
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Hahaha I call them Ice Beasts & just now realized I created a group on Flickr for photos of them. Stay tuned!!
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Very nice! Thanks for the link Andrew. These are some beautiful “Ice Beasts”. :) I always like the ice shards as they remind me of clear dominoes but those are some pretty impressive icicles as well. The lighthouses with the frozen waves lapping up around the bottom of them or a pier is always impressive.
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