| Chasing Ice Volcanoes 5 Samuel J. Ciurca, Jr., Rochester, New York |
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| Weathered cone in foreground gets covered with a fresh layer of snow and sculpted by the wind. Many more recent Ice Volcanoes are in the distance near the edge of the ice shelf where it drops off into Lake Ontario. White, floating ice in the nearshore lake waters is hardly visible. Digital photo taken February 27, 2005. |
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| ABOVE: The ice sheet supporting Ice Volcanoes is made of of layers (strata). Here it has been undermined by the erosive waters of the lake and is collapsing into blocks of ice. Note the icicles that formed during a warming interval and the fresh layer of snow covering everything. February 27, 2005 (to be followed by a week with over 10 inches of snow and wind as the result of a deep incursion of arctic air from our neighbors to the north in Canada). |
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| ABOVE: 'Ice Pads' floating in Lake Ontario just offshore of the ice shelf. Note their centers filled with water. They were moving up and down with the gentle waves of the lake waters. See them frozen solid. CLICK ON 6 BELOW. |