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SURREAL LAKES WITH FROZEN BUBBLES

by Darwin Wiggett. Abraham Lake, Canada.

If you are into Beautiful Bubbles and you are into winter wonderlands, we are featuring lakes full of frozen bubbles that you can visit right now. Like giant goblets of icy champagne, these bubbly lakes will go straight to your head. And the photographers we are highlighting captured their otherworldly beauty in the most exquisite ways.

DARWIN WIGGETT - LAKE ABRAHAM, CANADA

Darwin Wiggett is probably the most prolific, most passionate in his study of frozen bubble lakes. In particular, he focuses upon Lake Abraham, in Alberta Province, Canada.

The lake is always filled with bubbles, thanks to an abundance of methane gas emitted by bacteria as they digest dead, decaying, underwater plants and animals.

When the lake freezes, the bubbles freeze too. They look like jewels, suspended in place and time.

Methane gas is highly flammable. Check out what happens if you light a match near one of these methane bubbles.

Photographer Darwin Wiggett has been leading photography tours and workshops to Lake Abraham for over a decade. He has published an eGuide, "Kootenay Plains and Abraham Lake - Winter Edition" where you can learn more.

To find out even more about Wiggett’s life and work, check out oopoomoo where his partner and he tell their stories of the quest for the happy life. And check out this video to hear him talk about his work.

Lake Abraham is just one of thousands of lakes located around the arctic circle, with methane bubbles.

MICHAEL RUNTZ - CRANBERRY LAKE, ONTARIO

Cranberry Lake, bordered by Ontario, Canada and northern New York State, was named for its once extensive cranberry bogs. It was created by a man made dam that flooded forests in the region. The decaying trees feed this lake’s bubble activity.

BERING LAND BRIDGE NATIONAL PRESERVE- SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA

This photo was taken in one of the lakes in Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, one of the most remote United States national park areas, located on the Seward Peninsula. It is a remnant of the connection between the North American and the Asian continents over 13,000 years ago in the Pleistocene ice age. Most of the bridge now lays underwater.

While these frozen methane bubbles are certainly beautiful, they do spell danger. As our climate warms, more methane is released into our environment.

Read more about Winter Wonder all this week on BeautifulNow, including Magic Winter Wonderland: Lapland, and 8 Most Beautiful Winter Trips. And check out more beautiful things happening now in BN Wellness, Impact, Nature/Science, Food, Arts/Design, and Travel, Daily Fix posts.

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