JAWS

My favorite pile of ice amongst a sea of ice piles that I found yesterday.  The piece sticking up at the top reminded me of a shark fin, thus my title for the image: JAWS.  The blue of the ice was incredibly striking in the sunlight.  

Lake Superior Ice - Five Mile Rock

Found some nice ice piles yesterday and spent the afternoon photographing them with a fairly brutal wind in my face.  The day started off nice and calm but by the time I arrived at the ice piles it was whipping pretty good.  I like how Five Mile Rock is floating mirage-like on the horizon. 

Icy Sunset on Lake Superior

I caught some really beautiful light at sunset over Lake Superior today just north of Five Mile Rock outside of Grand Marais, MN.  The ice has been pretty incredible the past few weeks and it continues to build.  It was pretty windy as I made these photos and I could hear what sounded like a freight train as the ice crunched its way along further out in the lake, pushed by the wind. 

Furious Wind and Snow

Words cannot fully describe the awesomeness of the weather today.  The wind and blowing snow is unbelievable.  This view of the Susie Islands clearly shows just how impressive it was.  You can barely make out the islands in the background.  For comparison, below is a photo of the Susie Islands that I took on February 17, 2017. 

Another Blizzard

As promised, we got hit with another winter storm today.  Along with the snow we had very high winds (which are still going on, although the snow has stopped falling).  Every now and then throughout the day the winds and blowing snow were so bad that visibility was extremely poor.  Thanks to MNDOT for keeping the plows out all day today! 

Snowshoe Hike and Fisher Tracks

From yesterday's snowshoe hike.  I wasn't the only one out and about on such a beautiful day.  For almost 3 miles of my hike I was fascinated by the Fisher tracks wandering all around the forest.   He used my trail quite a lot :-) 

Ice Cracks on Wauswaugoning Bay

Super interesting cracks in the ice on Wauswaugoning Bay of Lake Superior in Grand Portage, MN.  Photographed from the summit of Mt. Josephine (700 feet above the surface of the lake) using a telephoto lens.