This spring lake Monona unfroze all at once one Saturday late in March. I was on the way to breakfast with Sarah when we came across this amazing sight and sound. I did my best to capture the moment on my little camera.

The ice pushed its way to the edges of the lake from the center and broke up along the edge. The sound was something like a million wine glasses breaking gently. The ice broke into thin little shards that scattered about the still frozen surface.

It was beautiful and stilled us. Breakfast became lunch.
I also took a short video of the ice. The audio is a mess, but the sound you hear is not static; it's the ice.