The Bus Stops Here: Detroit’s Rosa Parks Transit Center

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The Bus Stops Here

The Bus Stops Here, photo by Mike Darga.

Mike writes:

Located at Michigan and Cass Avenues, the Rosa Parks Transit Center is a 25,000-square-foot indoor facility with over two acres of exterior transit access. It enables customers to make connections to 21 DDOT bus routes, the SMART suburban bus system, Transit Windsor for international connections, and taxi access in a single downtown transportation hub. It also provides pedestrian connectivity to the Detroit People Mover stations at Michigan and Times Square, and was planned to eventually connect to the city’s future light rail transit system.

You can learn how the Transit Center fits into a wider plan for transforming Detroit’s transportation system from Tushar Advani of Parsons Brinkerhoff — one of the architects behind the Rosa Parks Transit Center.

See this bigger in Mike’s Structures/Buildings slideshow.

River Reflections

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River Reflections

River Reflections, photo by Mike Darga.

Mike writes:

My days are filled with the hustle and bustle of a busy school building with 1200+ students. When I have the opportunity to relax, I enjoy going outside, spending time in nature taking pictures. It’s peaceful, I’m alone with my thoughts and my camera. You never know what you might find, what might be around the next corner. When I saw this shot, I took my time, set up my composition, and smiled.

Hope your life has a little recharge built into it.

Check this out bigger in Mike’s Michigan Parks slideshow.

An Ill Wind

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An Ill Wind

An Ill Wind, photo by MightyBoyBrian.

Be sure to check this out bigger and in his sky, my friend set (slideshow).

Hope the winds blow fair for you this weekend!

Rain is Good … unless you’re a weekend event

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Rain is Good

Rain is Good, photo by photoshoparama.

This morning, for the first time in a long time, I had the chance to sit down for a few hours with coffee and my computer to wander around the Michigan photosphere and think about what to write on Michigan in Pictures today.

One of the first things I read was Sculpture city in ‘misunderestimated’ Michigan that looks at how Michigan is quietly growing as a destination for tourists of all kinds with landmarks like Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids.

Bouncing around in my head was how rainy this summer has been, making things tough for outdoor events like this weekend’s*…

I’ll keep singing “rain, rain, go away” for all these folks and if it doesn’t I’ll try and take comfort in the fact that it’s boosting lake levels and hope that people will remember that rain is good, hunt down their rain gear and still show up to support folks who are working to build more fun stuff in Michigan!

Check out Dan’s photo bigger in his slideshow and splash around in the Frederik Meijer Gardens slideshow from the Absolute Michigan pool.

* Note: these events all came from the Absolute Michigan Event Calendar

Michigan White Cedars on the banks of the Au Ausable River

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Au Sable HDR *

Au Sable HDR *, photo by brionline.

Over on Absolute Michigan we have a great video feature by Scott Allman about the planting of Michigan white cedar trees along the banks of the Au Sable river by the group Cedars for the Au Sable. One of the group members explains that although cedar trees can live hundreds of years, they are so vulnerable in the first 15 to deer browsing that they can’t be re-established without human help.

Check out the video!

Brian says that you better view this HDR image bigger and that he took it while standing in the river.

Return to the Eben Ice Caves

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icecave

icecave, photo by johndecember.

A lot of folks have been coming by this month looking for pictures of the Eben Ice Caves in the UP’s Alger County (also known as the Rock River Canyon Ice Caves). Check out John’s Eben Ice Caves slideshow for a whole bunch of cool photos!

You can learn a lot more about this cool wintertime phenomenon at The Eben Ice Caves on Michigan in Pictures.

Industrial Haven

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Industrial Haven

Industrial Haven, photo by Jesse Speelman.

Attention superheroes: if you’re looking for a cool & moody hideout, Detroit has you covered!

Be sure to view it bigger, on black. Chancellor Monnette has a cool photo of the tunnel and a map.

Rain on My Sunset at Isle Royale

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Rain on My Sunset

Rain on My Sunset, photo by yooper1949.

Take a trip to Isle Royale National Park with yooper1949 (slideshow) and be sure to check this beauty out bigger.

Isle Royale National Park is one of our state’s true treasures. You can see more photos from this beautiful Michigan island in the Isle Royale National park group. Two cool ways to explore the pics is through this group slideshow and the Isle Royale group Flickriver.

Hope you all have a happy weekend wherever you may be.

The Power of Green

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We’ve Got the Power, photo by Ann Teliczan

I was just working on a simple post about Green Jobs Now, who have designated this Saturday (Sep 27) as a national day of action in support of jobs in renewable energy and other green industries so I could link to their list of Green Jobs Now Events in Michigan.

It got kind of out hand though, and ended up being a Renewable Energy linkfest of epic proportions that is now on Absolute Michigan.

As a side note, this lonely windmill just outside of Traverse City was the first utility windmill in Michigan and the largest machine in North America. As another side note, Ann has more great photos from the Leelanau/Traverse area right here!

Propeller and some Henry Ford HDR

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Propeller

Propeller, photo by country_boy_shane.

Shane says …if you view this large, you can see many signatures on the right-most blade. Talk about neat stuff you can find with your camera! Here it is large and on black.

He has a set of photos from his trip to the Henry Ford Museum and he went with several other photographers, most of whom were shooting HDR. See their collected work in this very cool slideshow.

Here’s the web site for The Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village.