Lily Lake Singing on Xmas Eve Day
Sometimes I wish iNaturalist had a phenomena page. Today I went out to Lily Lake County Park and heard the lake actually sing.
Here is the link if you want to hear it yourself
https://youtu.be/sSG7HxBW6Is
You may want to turn up the volume. The sound is like a bubbly chirping in the background.
The day's high was 50 degrees and the south end of the lake had a shelf of ice about a third of the way across. Melting spots formed and released bubbles. In addition, small wave action was abutting the shelf was forcing air under the ice shelf. So millions of bubbles are moving under the ice and finding their way up to the surface in through cracks in the melting spots.
Being there it sounded like the lake was sizzling. It was very detectable and using deer ears I could hear that the sound was loudest directly from the ice shelf.
This video also can be used if you need 5 minutes of quiet meditation, and perhaps for white noise for sleep just put it on loop.
Watch for the end of the video as it ends with Winterberry Red, perfect for the holidays.
Merry Xmas Eve
Matt
