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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsLake Michigan is So Clear Right Now its Shipwrecks Are Visible From the Air
Wow - that's pretty amazing.
Though the past winter was the hottest on record, it was chilly enough on the East Coast to send seasonal sheets of ice creeping across the Great Lakes. Now that that ice has cleared with spring, Lake Michigan is clear enough that shipwrecks lying on the lake bottom can be seen from the air.
The U.S. Coast Guard Air Station in Traverse City noted the crystal clear water conditions and the lost ships during a routine patrol. Last week, they posted a handful of pictures to their Facebook page. The images come from the area near Sleeping Bear Point known as the Manitou Passage Underwater Preserve, which is "one of the richest areas in Michigan for shipwreck diving," according to the preserves website. The lumber industry put the area on a shipping route. The North and South Manitou Islands, just north of the point, provided a somewhat sheltered area for ships hiding from storms.
Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sunken-ships-lake-michigan-are-visible-ghostly-blue-180955108/#peMPdDmwu6rMq8P5.99
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)I always thought the lakes were too deep to see the bottom.
GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)appalachiablue
(41,142 posts)irisblue
(32,980 posts)in college. That storm, after a warm dry fall, was impressive. The search for the Edmund Fitzgerald was news for days, they just disappeared. Gone, as though they never were there. The dangers on the Great Lakes are often understated. Their poor families.
Worried senior
(1,328 posts)was driving truck in the area that she went down, he said it was very eerie that day.
I always loved the song, that too is eerie.
romanic
(2,841 posts)I've always been fascinated with shipwrecks, just the story behind and what treasure may be sitting at the bottom within.
DFW
(54,403 posts)Some oil company will come along and say "let us do some fracking there. See how clean it is? What could possibly go wrong?"
PassingFair
(22,434 posts)Gotta get to Beulah at least once a year.
Fresh water that ripples like molten glass.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)hibbing
(10,098 posts)I took a trip around Michigan one summer, what a beautiful state. Sleeping Bear Dunes is pretty incredible. I can't believe how shallow these are.
Peace
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Thanks for posting!