Two views of Lake Erie near my home.
NB: White specs on the shore are zebra mussel shells, an invasive species which has flourished in the lake.
Tom,
It's too bad about the zebra shells. Lake Michigan, at least here in door county, has been inundated with the invasive shells. In places, berms two and three feet thick and ten or more feet wide are present from the lakes wave action. It's a shame. Areas along the lake that I explored and photographed fifteen and twenty years ago are now entirely different and very unnatural. The zebra mussel, as you have mentioned in the past, filters and clears the water. This new water clarity at first seems good. But it allows more light to reach deeper, therefore allowing rampant algae growth. Large areas along the lake are thick with mats of the stuff. Incoming waves are thick and green. I sometimes bring my black lab along with me on my photo excursions, and can't let her swim because of the scum. It's really a bacterial cesspool. Not letting a lab swim is torture indeed. The zebra mussels were introduced into the great lakes by hitching a ride in the ballast tanks of international freighters somewhat similar to the laker that I just posted.
I've got a couple of photos from last summer that show the zebra shoreline. I'll post those in a bit.
Rick