Amazing Pictures of Lake Michigan, Frozen

There are so many incredible photos of snow and ice this year—and what a bitter, freezing year it has shaped up to be.

Lake Michigan, for one, has posed resolutely and beautifully, despite being the second least frozen of the Great Lakes (if you can believe!)

Curious to know just how icy the lakes are? This is the most recent ice data from Great Lakes Watch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association:

Lake Superior: 88.94 percent ice coverage
Lake Michigan: 66.06 percent
Lake Huron: 90.39 percent   
Lake Erie: 91.80 percent
Lake Ontario: 34.02 percent
Lake St. Clair: 99.17 percent

Great Lakes Total: 80.42 percent