During the winter months, the two lighthouses are covered with thick layers of ice and snow. This snow phenomenon creates a very beautiful scene, they look like stalagmites in stalactite caves.
The Lake Michigan Lighthouse was built in 1844 and is often submerged in snow during heavy snowstorms.
When the ice waves reached 6m high, they submerged almost the entire foot of the bridge, at this time the air temperature dropped to -20 degrees.
The outer light is 30 meters higher than the inner light, and the lighthouse walkway is only about 60cm to 1m wide. In winter, the walkway is very slippery due to the snow and ice covering it.
Photographer Tom Gill said: “This year many people ventured out to the outer light, but no one dared to go around it because of the wind. While I saw hundreds of photos taken from the shore to the foot of the bridge, I came across a few brave photographers who dared to go around the tower.”
“After taking these photos, my son Chris and I, along with a few others, shared the collection of photos on Flickr,” Tom Gill added.
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