ELY: Shipwrecks have become visible under Lake Michigan as ice melts from the surface of the water. Normally hidden under the murky waters of the massive marine body, the remains of several vessels are showing through the unusually clear water.
The ships date from the 19th and 20th centuries, and were first seen by observers flying above the lake in a helicopter. Photographs were taken on April 17, and first released on Facebook by the U.S. Coast Guard. The crew was on a routine patrol when members spotted the shipwrecks.
“During a routine patrol this past Friday, an aircrew captured these photos of a handful of the many shipwrecks along the Lake Michigan shoreline. These photos were taken near Sleeping Bear Point northeast along the shoreline to Leland, Mich., up to Northport,” the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station in Traverse City reported on its Facebook page.
The Rising Sun, a steamer ship which sank in 1917, was one of the ships which became visible under the lake.
“This 133-foot-long wooden steamer stranded just north of Pyramid Point. She went to pieces and her wreckage now rests in 6 to 12 feet of water,” Coast Guard officials reported.
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