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Frozen Air Bubbles in Abraham Lake

Abraham Lake is an artificial lake on North Saskatchewan River in western Alberta, Canada. The lake was created in 1972, with the construction of the Bighorn Dam, and named after Silas Abraham, an inhabitant of the Saskatchewan River valley in the nineteenth century.

Abraham Lake is home to a rare phenomenon where bubbles get frozen right underneath its surface. They're often referred to as ice bubbles or frozen bubbles. This has made the lake famous among photographers.

Photographer Fikret Onal explains the phenomenon: "The plants on the lake bed release methane gas and methane gets frozen once coming close enough to much colder lake surface and they keep stacking up below once the weather gets colder and colder during [the] winter season."
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Re: Frozen Air Bubbles in Abraham Lake

Beautiful images! I bet that would be wild to see in person. At least with those bubbles you could tell how thick the ice is.
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Re: Frozen Air Bubbles in Abraham Lake

Very beautiful
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Awesome.
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Re: Frozen Air Bubbles in Abraham Lake

Really amazing images
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Re: Frozen Air Bubbles in Abraham Lake

surreal
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eerie and beautiful !!


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