Shards of ice pile up on Lake Michigan along the South Haven Pier in South Haven, Michigan on March 19, 2019. (Joel Bissell | MLive.com)

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SOUTH HAVEN— Spring is officially here and Mother Nature seems well aware, as Lake Michigan begins to thaw at a rapid pace.

The motion of the water underneath the ice has pushed up sheets of ice into a mesmerizing stacked pattern, visible along South Haven’s pier Tuesday, March 19.

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This year, 56 percent of Lake Michigan of was covered in ice as of March 8.

Though the ice formations are beautiful, the U.S. Coast Guard warns those enjoying the beauty to stay off the ice.

"No ice is safe ice especially this time of year," U.S. Coast Guard BMC Grant Heffner said March 20. "The ice is certainly deteriorating and breaking up."

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