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How Lakes Become Covered In These Beautiful Stars Of Ice

February 12, 2026

Discover how lake stars form. The rare winter ice formations appear as star-shaped cracks on frozen lakes. They form when extremely cold air causes ice to expand and fracture outward from a central point, creating long, radiating lines across the ice surface. Have you ever seen them?

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