Slideshow Lake Mendota Icescape
As lower temperatures set in, visitors enjoy the wintery transformation of Lake Mendota.
As winter temperatures set in, visitors to the Lake Mendota brave their way onto the frozen surface at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Photo by: Bryce Richter
A visitor leaps into the air as he tries to run across the frozen Lake Mendota. His energetic attempt ended with fall. Photo by: Bryce Richter
Visitors to frozen Lake Mendota look towards their upended friend on the ice. Photo by: Bryce Richter
Dressed to combat the cold temperatures, visitors of the Howard Temin Lakeshore Path observe the view of a frozen Lake Mendota. Photo by: Bryce Richter
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