Winds Create Artwork in Snow

We had a huge snowstorm on Tuesday and Wednesday, New Years Eve and New Years Day.  It was snowing so hard that we left work early in the afternoon, to get home.  At this time, the lake (Lake Erie) had not frozen.  The wind was blowing very strong and the waves were high like the ocean, about 10 feet high.  

Today, January 4, 2014, we wanted to go for a walk over to the lake because the sun was shining and everything was beautiful; the wind was not blowing, even though it was very cold.  What a sight!  Wind had blown snow in big drifts higher than the pier, as seen in the photos.  The lake was covered with snow and had frozen quite a ways out, then there was open water for a strip, then more frozen snow on ice before the horizon. 

 

Shore line and icicles on the pier--

Wind-whipped ice and snow are way higher than pier, like mountains!

View of pier, snow and ice partway out in the lake, then open water, then more ice against the horizon