Lake Superior, Presque Isle, Gales of November

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Lake Superior,Presque Isle, Gales of November
photo by Shawn Malone, LakeSuperiorPhoto.com

About this photo, Shawn writes:

Storm was 40 knot NW gales creating 10-15 ft waves at Presque Isle Park in Marquette, MI. Water appears that color (glass green/blue) under those conditions due to gray sky, water depth among other things. It’s very brutal to stand out there and try to photograph with ice pellets hitting you in the face … water getting in your equipment from freezing spray, steadying a camera in those winds. After going to that spot many times in similar conditions, I couldn’t recreate that wave pattern if I tried 1000 times over. This is one of my most popular images, and I consider a gift from a higher power. Most recently, It was chosen for “Art on the Rocks” Fine art show poster 2006 and Lake Superior Magazine calendar 2006.

LakeSuperiorPhoto.com is absolutely packed with photos of Superior and the UP by Shawn & Brian Malone (bio page with cool magazine spread!). In addition to a lot more photos of waves and storms on Lake Superior, you can also find shots of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, events like the UP 200 Sled Dog Race, Northern Lights and an absolutely amazing number of pictures of towns, trails and all facets of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.

Go there, you won’t be disappointed!

Atop Mt. Bohemia

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1, photo by edm00se.

Here’s a photo from a few years ago of Mt. Bohemia, a ski area located on the Keewenaw Peninsula near Copper Harbor. Eric has several more photos of Mt. Bohemia that you’ll want to check out.

With a hefty vertical and a ton of back country options, Mt. Bohemia has a well-earned reputation as Michigan’s most challenging ski area. Check their web site for a great extreme skiing photo gallery!

The Sugar House

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The Sugar House

The Sugar House, photo by grodapictures.

Melissa writes “My Dad built this so he could make Maple Syrup every spring. My Mom “loves” making maple syrup.”

This photo is from somewhere around Iron River. Check out Melissa’s films at Groda Pictures.

(Michpics feature on maple syrup)

23 minutes, 39 seconds

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23 minutes, 39 seconds

23 minutes, 39 seconds, photo by aragirn

Kyle writes that this photo was taken on the stamp sand beach right outside of Gay, MI in the Keweenaw Peninsula. He has tagged it on a map of the Keweenaw as well and also sent a link to the history of Gay, Michigan (including the smoke stack in the picture). I’m not sure if it makes me happy or sad to learn that this photo was a result of his first experiment with long-exposure night photography.

Note that although I have tagged this photo with the “wallpaper” tag, you have to be one of Kyle’s contacts on Flickr to view the computer background-sized image – make friends!

Quiet Motion

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Quiet Motion by oldbrushes

Quiet Motion by oldbrushes

This photo from Kirk Park, Grand Haven, is part of a set of photos of Michigan beaches & shoreline dunes. In addition to the fact that it’s a great photo, we’re featuring it because we have an in-depth article on Absolute Michigan today titled Protecting Lake Michigan’s Sand Dunes that explores the threats facing Lake Michigan’s geologically unique sand dunes.

Superior Weather

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Superior Weather

Superior Weather, photo by corydalus.

Cory Dalus writes “Lake Superior in a storm is awesome in the true sense of that abused word. Quite a spectacular first snow of the season.”

This photo of Lake Superior at Whitefish Point (home of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum) is part of a great set of photos titled Around Lake Michigan (with a side trip north).

runs through it

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runs through it

runs through it, photo by amy_kilroy.

This photo of the Miners River at Miners Beach where it empties into Lake Superior is one of a gorgeous set of photos of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore by Amy Kilroy.

Yeah, it makes pretty good wallpaper too and is part of the Michigan in Pictures Michigan Fall Wallpaper series!

Mackinaw Bridge … Mackinac or Mackinaw?

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Mackinaw Bridge

Mackinaw Bridge, photo by wyoming_1.

David Vernon writes:

An interesting picture. Taken from the somewhat world famous Cupola Bar at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, looking west towards the wonderful Mackinaw Bridge. The sun was behind the clouds and setting fast but not entirely influencing life at the bridge colorwise.This shot was taken through a window but you have to look hard to see any reflection.

He can probably be excused for getting the last letter of the bridge wrong (though he is out of the spelling bee!) as he lives near the Mackinaw River in Illinois. Besides, it’s  confusing to know whether it’s Mackinac or Mackinaw. Regarding “Mackinac or Mackinaw?”, the St. Ignace Chamber says:

The native people called the area Michinni-makinong. The name was shortened over the years by French and British settlers. In the 1600s, the French pronounced the ending as “aw”, which translated to their spelling as “ac”. Michilimackinac, Fort Mackinac, Mackinac Island the Straits of Mackinac and the Mackinac Bridge are spelled with an “ac”, but pronounced “aw”. Upon the arrival of the British, a village established as Mackinaw was pronounced as “aw” and also spelled that way.

Basically, the bridge and the island are “ac” and the city is “aw”.

Miners Beach, Pictured Rocks Fall 2006

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Miners Beach & Miners River, Pictured Rocks
The above photo of the Miners River winding along Miners Beach before flowing into Lake Superior is one of many from a fantastic new photo gallery by Lars Jensen. His galleries and reports take you on amazing hikes and this one is no exception!

View Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Fall Photo Gallery & Trip Report from randomSPACE. (there’s a bunch more galleries of outdoor beauty from Michigan and elsewhere from Lars Jensen there too!)

The View (from Sugarloaf Mountain)

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The View

The View, photo by I am Jacques Strappe.

Marjorie has quite a few more photos of Sugarloaf Mountain near Marquette.

The Upper Michigan Informer has good information on how to get to Sugarloaf Mountain (just 5 miles north of Marquette) and the trails you’ll find there.

In addition to some history, Hunt’s UP Guide quotes outdoor writer Jerry Dennis from A Place on the Water: An Angler’s Reflections on Home:

“Like many downstaters who attend Northern Michigan University, I was there for the country. . . . Even those places that were most popular gave access to a wildness that is rarely encountered in the Lower Peninsula. A few miles from campus, at the summit of a little mountain known as Sugar Loaf, you could stand on rock outcroppings and look north over the almost frightening vastness of Lake Superior, then turn south and see unbroken hills of forest tumbling inland toward the horizon like bunched rugs. It was country – and this is what I had come north to find – big enough to get lost in.”

FYI, A Place on the Water is a great book if you love Michigan, the outdoors or simple good writing. If you love fall’s beauty, check out the Michigan Fall Wallpaper series!