Hello,
I think the Doozers did it. Doozers
are Jim Henson characters in the Fraggle Rock cartoons and children’s
books. They are tiny little 6 inch creatures who can’t
stop working and creating things, but only work when we can’t see them.
J
Rhonda Kolberg
Rhonda Kolberg, RN, MS
Director/Health Officer
Door County Public Health Department
Phone: 920-746-2234
Fax: 920-746-2320
e-mail: rkolberg@co.door.wi.us
website: www.co.door.wi.gov
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From: owner-beachnet@great-lakes.net [mailto:owner-beachnet@great-lakes.net] On
Behalf Of Richard L Whitman
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 8:59 PM
To: beachnet@great-lakes.net
Subject: Re: Fw: ice sculptures
Here
are the suggestions we got back on these strange formations. Bill
Schuster
and Vicky believe they are frozen upwellings, seem reasonable to
me
too. Rich and Vicky agree that they
are unusual, these things are about
the
weirdest things I've ever seen on a beach-resemble stromatoliths,
crynoids
or something even alien.
Fascinating! Looks a bit like stalagmite
formation. I'd suggest that
groundwater
may be upwelling at spots on the beach and freezing in layers
as
it exudes.
Victoria
Harris
UW
Sea Grant Institute
UWGB
MAC 212
Ph.
920.465.2795
Fax
920.465.2143
harrisv@uwgb.edu
Frozen
up-welling near shore springs. Flowing wells can result in very
similar
ice formations.
Schuster
It
doesn't seem to appear in any of the
categories we assembled for
LakeSuperiorStreams.org. See
http://lakesuperiorstreams.org/understanding/ice.html and its link to
http://www.crrel.usace.army.mil/ierd/ice_guide/iceguide.htm to the Army
Corps.
If
someone turns up more information, would you please let us know so we
can
add it to our website.
Thanks...Rich
Axler
Richard
Whitman
Research
Ecologist/Station Chief
219-926-8336
Ext. 424
Porter,
IN 46304
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