Ice Bridge Forming?
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Ice Bridge Forming?
This surprised me. It looks like a ice bridge is trying to form between the mainland and the Island. It's thin ice and will probably break up, but it's more than what we saw last year.
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Re: Ice Bridge Forming?
That doesn't seem likely, I think that forecast/report is a bit optimistic. The most recent MODIS runs (no clouds today!) look like it's still pretty open. There is a bit of a flow coming out of Thunder Bay, though.
https://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/modis ... n=s&page=1
https://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/modis ... n=s&page=1
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Re: Ice Bridge Forming?
MODIS can be fooled too. I live near Lake Charlevoix and I can absolutely tell you that this didn't show up as ice on the MODIS imagery when the pic was taken on January 15th.
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I'm rooting for a bridge to form! It would be awesome if the supplmental wolves showed up under their own power . . . .
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Re: Ice Bridge Forming?
Let's hope for an ice bridge, but still long odds of a few wolves making it over and staying.
That is one of the neatest pictures I've ever seen.treeplanter wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2017 5:49 pm MODIS can be fooled too. I live near Lake Charlevoix and I can absolutely tell you that this didn't show up as ice on the MODIS imagery when the pic was taken on January 15th.
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Re: Ice Bridge Forming?
Digging a hole for some ice fishing?
Agreed, great photo.
Agreed, great photo.
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Re: Ice Bridge Forming?
Looks like maybe an icebridge this year.
Love to see 2 or 3 new wolves come out on their own.
Love to see 2 or 3 new wolves come out on their own.