Monday, January 6, 2014

Lake Michigan Is Currently Steaming. Yes, Steaming.

As a record-breaking, sub-zero deep freeze -- or "polar vortex," as it were -- settled in over Chicago and much of the midsection of the United States on Monday morning, ominous-looking steam formed where the (relatively) warm water met the frigid air.



The result? Pretty remarkable:



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Warm water meets cold air Monday morning in Chicago. (Flickr/bradhoc)



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A blanket of fog covers Lake Michigan along the Chicago shoreline Monday. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)





Steam rolls over Lake Michigan.





Steam over Navy Pier.



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The Chicago skyline sits as a backdrop as fog drifts across Monroe Harbor. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)



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Steam rises from the tops of buildings in the Chicago skyline. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)





More steam along the shore of Chicago.



from Chicago - The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/06/lake-michigan-steaming-video-photos_n_4550083.html?utm_hp_ref=chicago&ir=Chicago

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