article_snippet.sent: The unusual transparency has been caused by surface ice melting, unveiling the boat graveyard at the bottom of the Great Lake, before organisms like plankton conceal organisms once more.
article_snippet.sent: The soul-stirring images were snapped during a routine helicopter patrol by the U.S. Coast Guard, who had a perfect view of normally obscured wreckage in an area where many ships foundered in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
article_snippet.sent: The wrecks of the James McBride and Rising Sun were exposed this month after ice melted on the Great Lake .
article_snippet.sent: This area alone is home to dozens of shipwrecks, most which were grounded shipping lumber at the turn of the 20th century.
article_snippet.sent: The Coast Guard wasn’t immediately able to identify the wrecks, but with help from fans on Facebook, The Coast Guard learned that two of The Coast Guard are the James McBride and the Rising Sun.
article_snippet.sent: The 121-foot brig remains now lie in 15 feet of water near Sleeping Bear Point.
article_snippet.sent: This unknown wreck was captured by the US Coast Guard from a helicopter during a routine patrol over the Great Lake .
article_snippet.sent: : Two wrecks can just be seen (top left and bottom right of picture) through the clear waters of Lake Michigan .
article_snippet.sent: The Rising Sun wreckage now rests in about 12 feet of water.
article_snippet.sent: The U.S Park Service, which manages the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, announced last month that the wreckage of the Jennie & Annie was now visible again on the beach halfway between North and South Bar lakes.
article_snippet.sent: The schooner grounded off Empire in 1872 and is visible every few years.
article_snippet.sent: Beach erosion, waves, wind and variable water levels in the lake cause the wrecks to periodically become visible along the dunes shoreline.
highlights_snippet.sent: Ice melt has revealed the wrecks of vessels including the James McBride (1857) and the Rising Sun (1917)
  Beach erosion, waves, wind and variable water levels are said to be behind wrecks exposure .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Eerie images were taken from a helicopter by the Coast Guard from Traverse City during routine patrol .