Lake Baikal Frozen Waves

I couldn t explain what i was seeing so while trying to imagine how frozen waves could occur i started shooting.

Lake baikal frozen waves. Lake winnipeg lake superior ice tsunami 2k17 destroyed everything in the way shock wave duration. Shock wave 1 407 000 views. Frozen lake phenomenon called ice stacking or simply known as crawling waves. The 25 million year old lake which freezes in winter is the deepest and oldest in the world.

At first glance it looked like a regular wave was breaking on the frozen lake baikal in siberia not. But when it starts freezing typically in the beginning of january it stays frozen for the next five months. When other rivers and lakes froze long before in the year baikal still resists ice formation. A dramatic video has captured the moment ice waves crash onto the shore of a lake in russia.

Its cold waves break against the shore and decorate the seaboard rocks with icy patterns. Rather it appears that warm swirling eddies of water under lake baikal s thick ice are responsible for these ice rings some of which are up to 4 miles 7 kilometers in diameter and can be seen. While much of the frozen lake was simply bumpy one small section near the shore actually had what looked like big waves frozen with sharp edges hard curves and steep sides.