Unusual winter phenomenon happening now beneath U.P.'s Tahquamenon Falls

(Detroit Free Press) Amid the churning waters beneath Tahquamenon Falls — one of Michigan's most-visited, most-beloved waterfalls, in the Upper Peninsula burg of Paradise — stacks of pancakes are forming. Ice pancakes.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently shared a photo of the pancake ice on its Tahquamenon Falls State Park Facebook page.

"I just thought it was cool," DNR park interpreter Theresa Neal said.

Pancake ice forms a few different ways. In very turbulent waters — like at the bottom of Tahquamenon Falls — and in cold temperatures, ice granules form and clump together. Their collisions and the movement of the water rounds their shape over time, raising their edges as cold water and slush come on top. ..............(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/12/27/ice-pancakes-tahquamenon-falls-michigan-upper-peninsula/69744163007/