Insanity, photo by neubauerphotography.
Todd caught some crazy lightning here – be sure to check it out in his slideshow and also see the uncropped version of this picture!
Lightning strikes more than once on Michigan in Pictures – check out our weather photos for more including another lightning pic from Mike!!!
falling sand, photo by Funke910.
Like sand through the hourglass…
Is it just me or did summer seem to fly by unusually fast this year?
It’s probably just me.
Hope you enjoyed your summer – let’s do it again next year!
Check this out bigger in Bill’s slideshow and drive safely if you’re out and about!
Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend, photo by Kevin Povenz.
I always love it when the perfect photo for Michigan in Pictures is waiting in the Absolute Michigan pool on Flickr. I echo Kevin’s sentiments and wish everyone a very happy & safe Labor Day Weekend filled with all the family, friends & fun that you desire!!
Check this out background boomtacular and in Kevin’s Fun/Interesting slideshow.
Here’s some Michigan Labor Day gems from Absolute Michigan & Michigan in Pictures:
Mosquito Beach, photo by cedarkayak.
Todd says that Mosquito Beach favorite spot along the Pictured Rocks. Since it’s mine too I thought we could feature it today! The beach is pretty secluded, probably because the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore doesn’t have much to say about it. It’s located on the Mosquito Falls trail – check the trail map for Chapel Basin on their map page!
Be sure to check this out big as Lake Superior and in his Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore slideshow.
Editor’s Note: The caves at the far point are known as the Caves of the Bloody Chiefs, which legend says were used by ancient chiefs to tie their captives and let Lake Superior batter them to death.
Lots more Pictured Rocks on Michigan in Pictures.
Road 442.jpg, photo by smartee_martee.
“When the goldenrod is yellow,
And leaves are turning brown –
Reluctantly the summer goes
In a cloud of thistledown.”
~ Beverly Ashour, September
In September, Holly steps back in time, Romeo bites into a peach, Hamtramck and everyone else celebrates Labor Day, Detroit gets its jazz on, Marquette & Old Town Lansing play the blues, Rochester celebrates art & apples, Mackinaw City enjoys hops & fun, Grand Haven reels in the salmon, Kalamazoo and Muskegon gets their Irish up, Paw Paw welcomes the wine Harvest (and Leelanau does too) and Grand Rapids comes back for seconds with the phenomenal ArtPrize! that’s just a few highlights!
You can check out many more September events and hear Earth, Wind & Fire singing their ode to the 9th month at the September 2010 Michigan Event Calendar on Absolute Michigan.
Marty took this shot on Road 442, north of Danaher in Luce County. Check it out background big and in his brilliant Michigan Fall Colors slideshow!
IMG_0060, photo by JimSchoensee.
I was looking for the legend of why the Lake of the Clouds got its name. It turns out that this signature scenic site in the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park got its romantic name in the 1930s or 1940s depending on the source you believe. The later source has some more detailed information, so I’ll relate it here:
The name “Lake of the Clouds” makes me chuckle. The lake was originally named “Carp Lake” by the settlers of these parts in the 1840s. In this usage “carp” is short for “scarp,” or “escarpment,” the rocky basalt-and-conglomerate ridge you see to the left, and has nothing to do with the ugly bottom-feeding fish. When the area became the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park in 1945, some marketer thought “Carp Lake” wouldn’t fly with city-slicker tourists and insisted the name be changed.
Whatever name it goes by, it is indeed a beautiful vista – get information about Lake of the Clouds trails from Hunts Guide to the UP.
Check this out bigger and in Jim’s slideshow.
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Boat Tour, photo by napowell30d.
“These coasts are most delightful and wondrous … for Nature made it so pleasant to the eye, the spirit and the belly.”
Pierre Radisson, 1658
The above is from the Pictured Rocks timeline on Google. The Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore entry on Wikipedia relates:
In October 1966, Congress passed a bill authorizing the establishment of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, “… in order to preserve for the benefit, inspiration, education, recreational use, and enjoyment of the public, a significant portion of the diminishing shoreline of the United States and its related geographic and scientific features.” When President Lyndon Johnson signed the bill, Alger County became the home of America’s first National Lakeshore.
This shot of the sandstone formation “Indian Head” was taken from the Pictured Rocks Cruises boat tour – a great way to see the many waterfalls, formations and sights of one of Michigan’s unquestioned jewels. More Pictured Rocks on Michigan in Pictures.
Check this out background big and in Norm’s Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore slideshow.
Seascape, photo by Aaron M Jones.
Normally I get Michigan in Pictures done in the morning. Took the morning mostly off today however.
Aaron took this amazing shot off Drummond Island – No HDR or exposure blending using a circular polarizer + Cokin GND8. Wow.
Check it out background boomtacular and in his slideshow. And speaking of wow, in his slideshow he has a very cool video short titled Night.
Face Paint, photo by TerryJohnston.
Last year ArtPrize in Grand Rapids launched and was the most successful art event in Michigan’s history, attracting 200,000 visitors to see the work of over 1000 artists in every media from fine art to paper airplanes. In 2009, Absolute Michigan was on location for ArtPrize and I have to say that it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life to see this city transformed into a giant gallery teeming with active, engaged crowds of people looking this way and that, trying to take in a mind-boggling amount of art.
In 2010 the format will be the same, with artists submitting a single entry at venues all over the city, all vying for the votes of those who attend and the $250,000 1st place prize. Absolute Michigan will be back to cover the event, and I sincerely hope you can make the time to go to Grand Rapids and experience ArtPrize.
Terry took this photo of 2010 ArtPrize artist Jeff Zimmermann at the Kendall College of Art & Design. More in his Jeff Zimmerman slideshow and also stay tuned to Terry’s art prize 2010 slideshow for many more photos as ArtPrize gets rolling!
PS: Be sure to stay tuned to ArtPrize in the Absolute Michigan pool and add photos if you take them. Here’s the ArtPrize 2009 video we did last year from some of the pics we received!
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Holy Hay ..Landscape…[82/365], photo by sharona 315 사론아.
A whole lotta hay…
Definitely check it out bigger and in Sharona’s slideshow.
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