In the weeks before Yellowstone Lake freezes%2C the surface of the water becomes super-cooled so multitudes of small floating ice crystals %28frazil ice%29 accumulate in the water on the lee shore. Wind-driven waves splash when they crash on the beach.%2C quickly building up cones of frazil ice.
In the weeks before Yellowstone Lake freezes%2C the surface of the water becomes super-cooled so multitudes of small floating ice crystals %28frazil ice%29 accumulate in the water on the lee shore. Wind-driven waves splash when they crash on the beach.%2C quickly building up cones of frazil ice.