A view of the shelf ice, floe ice, and the Michigan City East Pierhead lighthouse on a February afternoon following a brief thaw. The ice has broken up a bit allowing some ice to break free and float as the winds wish.
This vantage point is about two miles west of the harbor, at Mount Baldy, part of the Indiana Dunes National Park. On a clear day, the Chicago skyline can also be seen, some 37 miles across Lake Michigan.
Taking advantage of a somewhat warm afternoon in February, visitors to the Indiana Dunes National Park watch as a lone man walks out onto the ice shelf. Walking far past the shore, this visitor is totally unaware of the dangers of such actions. The shoreline can be seen in this photo - it's the thin, diagonal line of ice mixed with sand; walking anywhere past that line can result in a fatal fall into the freezing waters of Lake Michigan. Luckily on this day, the man reached the shore without harm.
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