Manabezho Falls in the Porcupine Mountains State Park

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Manabezho Falls, long exposure

Manabezho Falls, long exposure, photo by DA2Brian.

GoWaterfalling’s page on Manebezho Falls says:

The Manabezho Falls are part of the Presque Isle River’s spectacular final dash to Lake Superior. The entire 1 mile stretch is very beautiful, with lots of bare rock and rapids. It is easily accessible from the Presque Isle entrance off of CR-519 on the western end of the park…

Manido Falls are just short distance upstream. Nawadaha Falls is a bit farther upstream. Downstream of Manabezho the river plunges into a narrow gorge. The “falls” there have no name, but they are quite interesting.

The falls are located in the Porcupine Mountains State Park and you can see more photos of Manabehzho Falls on Flickr (slideshow) and also check out the Porcupine Mountains group!

I’m pretty sure that “Manabehzo” is Manabozho, the Ojibwa/Algonquin trickster and messenger of the Great Spirit. For more about this colorful figure, check out Manabozho, the Mischief-maker by Rick Walton.

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104, photo by Cara Jo Miller.

Cara Jo explains that this is a double exposure of the same negative – done in the dark room.

She is a photography & web design at Northern Michigan University. You can see a lot more of her work on Flickr and at her web site, cara-jo.net.

The Pistons’ Fantastic Four

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Fantastic Four Wallpaper

Fantastic Four Wallpaper, originally uploaded by Natalie.

Detroit Pistons fans know that there’s one place to go for all your Piston visuals: Need4Sheed.

Natalie, the site’s developer, makes great Piston wallpaper, screensavers and icons and also digs up cool videos pretty much daily like this All Star pregame bit. One of my favorites is this clip of Piston rookie Amir Johnson’s monster “hello NBA” windmill jam.

artdaddy wonders why Chauncey Billups rates a banner. 15 points, 7 dimes, helped lead comeback in 122-120 victory maybe??

Pistons Basketball!

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Billups has the sweet shot

Billups has the sweet shot, originally uploaded by farlane.

M.V.P.

My family & I went to the Detroit Pistons’ game with the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night. Chauncey Billups & co. turned it on just under 3 minutes to move the Pistons to 36-5 (and make us really happy!).

My favorite shot of the night is this one of a young but very happy fan.