In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the winters are as harsh as they are long. I captured this image while snowshoeing. I think “Cabin Fever” is an appropriate title, don’t you?
The Calm After the Storm
Valentine’s Day 2015 brought with it a tremendous blizzard to the northern Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The day after it ended, the sky was blue and the air was calm. I captured this image of the frozen and snowy Lake Superior shoreline while on a snowshoe trek on the ice.
January’s Wintry Touch
January in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula brings dramatic sculptures of snow and ice, such as this scene along a Lake Superior bluff.
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Lake Superior Beach Grass in Winter
I love the stunning simplicity of Lake Superior beach grass surrounded by a blanket of pure white snow. Curving away from the wind, it awaits the renewal of spring.
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Munising Falls Shows Winter’s Majesty
One of my favorite waterfalls year ’round is Munising Falls, part of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, which extends from Munising to Grand Marais, Michigan. I love to visit this popular waterfall and to photograph it in winter, when its appearance changes from day to day, depending upon the snowfall and temperatures. Even within the hushed snowy setting, I could hear water falling as it tumbled beneath the giant column of ice in early January.
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The Power of Lake Superior
Nothing demonstrates the power of Lake Superior more than the way its huge waves spray onto the shoreline, causing a thick icy coating on trees, rocks and shrubbery. This usually happens in January, as the wind shifts the waves in and out overnight. The buildup of ice creates a ledge; it is along this ledge that I often snowshoe to make my images, such as this one from January 22, 2015. Further out, the lake remains open.
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