The Ice Dunes Cometh II

Sometimes, the waves push the sand around up on the littoral and it creates little troughs. These troughs will get filled with shallow pools and when the temperatures drop overnight, the surfaces freeze in thin sheets. One night I went down for sunset and there were a few of these pools frozen over, but the sheets of ice on the surface had fragmented so they were reflecting light in an unusual way. When I went over to look a little more closely, I picked up one of the plates and held it up and the surface had this wonderful texture. I set it up on its edge on the jetty and looked at the sunset through the ice. A little bit of magic...beach glass from the lake gods. (When you click on these images they're breathtaking)