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Reach into the sky

Posted on January 28, 2012 by farlane

Jiqing Fan writes: As I was snowshoeing on the lake shore, I was constantly looking for interesting lines as my foreground. Lucky for me, the snowdrifts have so much to offer.

Check it out on black and see more from his wander along Lake Superior in the Houghton & UP MI slideshow.

Hope you get a lot of what Michigan has to offer this weekend. I don’t know if you got a look at our impromptu mashup with tweets to #mich175 on Twitter and photos from the Absolute Michigan pool we did on Absolute Michigan. It was fun: check out What’s great about the Great Lakes State.

Ice Islands, Ice Beasts

Posted on January 17, 2012January 17, 2012 by Michigan in Pictures

Ice Islands, photo by Silver Cat Photography.

Here’s a crazy shot from last year on Lake Huron near Oscoda in the Ice Beast group that I created. Winter has finally arrived in force and our Great Lakes have once again become home to the fearsome and beautiful Ice Beasts. If you have captured these rare creatures, please share your photos in the group!

Click here to see it bigger and see more in Sliver Cat Photography’s winter slideshow.

“Winter’s palette” at Tawas Point State Park

Posted on January 14, 2012January 14, 2012 by Michigan in Pictures

“Winter’s palette” Tawas Point State Park – East Tawas, Michigan, photo by Michigan Nut.

On another photo from Tawas Point John writes:

Anywhere you live in Michigan, you can’t be more than 85 miles from a Great Lakes Shoreline, and you cant be more than 6 miles from a natural water source; Michigan has 64,980 inland lakes.

I can’t imagine living anywhere else. But I know, others feel the same about their own paradise.

I can’t imagine living anywhere else either. Here’s the state’s Tawas Point State Park page.

Check John’s photo out on black and see some more stunning photos by John from Tawas Point (including the lighthouse) in his slideshow and definitely tune into Michigan Nut Photography on Facebook!

The Lake in Winter

Posted on December 27, 2011December 27, 2011 by Michigan in Pictures

DSC_0136, photo by jsorbieus.

It changes every day, every hour. It is a thousand lakes, changing faces with every shift in wind and light – flurried by offshore wind, whitecapped in squalls, colored flannel gray or pearl-white or stormy black beneath the winter clouds, a dozen blues when the sky is blue.
~Jerry Dennis on Lake Michigan

Over on Absolute Michigan today we have an excerpt from The Windward Shore, the new book from Michigan outdoor writer Jerry Dennis. It’s titled The Lake in Winter and you should definitely take the time to read it!

Check this out background big and see more shots of the Lakeshore in winter in Jim’s slideshow.

More winter wallpaper on Michigan in Pictures!

Pere Marquette Beach, Muskegon

Posted on November 21, 2011November 21, 2011 by Michigan in Pictures

Pere Marquette 4, photo by kmoyerus.

Here’s one of a fantastic series of black & white photos from Pere Marquette Beach in Muskegon taken after it had been swept smooth by the surf.

In 2011, Pere Marquette Beach was named one of the nation’s Blue Wave Beaches by the Clean Beach Coalition along with Esch Beach & South Manitou Island in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and Sand Point Beach in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Of course there’s no doubt that Michigan has miles and miles more pristine beaches, but this is still something to shout about.

Check it out background big, in kmoyerus’ peremarquette slideshow or on their map.

More great beaches on Michigan in Pictures.

Family of Four on Lake Superior

Posted on October 21, 2011October 21, 2011 by Michigan in Pictures

FamilyofFour, photo by Rich Wyllis.

Rich writes:

found these cairns on the beach of Lake Superior. Three were on one rock, while one was left all alone. I tried to find an angle that showed their relationship (hence “family of four”) and used the sidelight from the setting sun to make them stand out from their background

Check it out background big and in his slideshow.

More Michigan beaches from Michigan in Pictures!

Camping at Pictured Rocks, Hiking to Chapel Rock

Posted on May 21, 2011August 18, 2016 by farlane

Hiking to Chapel Rock, photo by fatalysis

That’s more or less what I’m doing today. More about Pictured Rocks and Chapel Rock on Michigan in Pictures and camping & more at the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore!

Check this photo out on black and in Erwin’s stunning Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore slideshow.

Happy weekend folks. ;)

Buses by the Beach

Posted on May 13, 2011May 13, 2011 by Michigan in Pictures

Bus by the Water, photo by Steven Pham | stevenphamphoto.com.

Steven spotted this VW by the water at the Metropark. Check it out bigger and in his spotted slideshow.

If you’re interested in VW buses, check out Buses by the Beach. The annual event is held every Memorial Day Weekend in West Olive by a Grand Rapids based group of VW van lovers (see photo gallery). Since 2002, they have drawn VW bus owners and their families from all over the USA and Canada to raise money for The Phoenix Society For Burn Survivors, the world’s largest burn support organization.

They hold three fundraiser/campouts: the Bus Benefit on Memorial Weekend; Bus BOO, held the first weekend in October and Bus BRRR over the last weekend in February. You’re welcome whether you own a VW or not!

Catching a wave to the Petoskey Stone Festival

Posted on May 10, 2011May 10, 2011 by Michigan in Pictures

petoskey stone in surf, photo by northernlightphotograph.

The 6th annual Antrim County Petoskey Stone Festival takes place on May 28, 2011 in Barnes Park in Eastport. The Petoskey Stone is of course Michigan’s state stone.

Almost a century after the founding of Petoskey, on June 28, 1965, Governor George Romney signed a bill that made the Petoskey Stone Michigan’s official State Stone. It was fitting that Miss Ella Jane Petoskey, the only living grand-child of Chief Petosegay, was present at the formal signing. The legislation is very general. The bill simply states that the Petoskey Stone is the State Stone. The designation of Hexagonariapercarinata was made by Dr. Edwin C. Stumm in 1969. Dr. Stumm made this distinction based on his extensive knowledge of fossils.

This specific fossil coral is found only in the rock strata known as the Alpena Limestone. The Alpena Limestone is part of the Traverse Group of Devonian age. The Alpena Limestone is a mixture of limestones and shales. The outcrops of these rocks are restricted to the Little Traverse Bay area near Petoskey.

Check this out bigger and in Tim’s slideshow. See more of Tim’s photos on Michigan in Pictures.

You can read the story behind the Petoskey name on Michigan in Pictures (and learn about the little known holiday “Throw in a Petoskey Stone Day”).