Beach views

Old Woman Bay

This pretty bay has a long sandy beach, with lots of driftwood and interesting rocks (though not, alas, agates, at least not that we saw.)

It's named for a rock formation on the cliffs that allegedly looks like an old woman's face.

Abstract

That brown Kaministiquia River water and the white foam make a nice abstract.

Bend in the river

 

Above and below the falls

The Kaministiquia River empties into Lake Superior below the falls. The brown color in the water is the tannins from leaves, needles, and branches from the trees.

Lake Superior

This was by far the most dramatic view from the road trip.

We started in Minneapolis, drove north to Ontario, followed the north shore of Lake Superior to Sault Ste. Marie, then circled back through Michigan and Wisconsin to Minneapolis.

This is Miner's Castle, at Pictured Rocks National Seashore in Michigan. They say the cliffs that give the park its name are best seen from a boat, and if I ever go back I'd like to see them.

Non-astronomy Tuesday

Sticking with the theme here: Lake Superior has frozen enough to allow access to the ice caves at the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin. These photos, by Barbara Alwes, are from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources photostream on Flickr. (via Colossal, where there are many more photos.)

Beautiful as they are, somehow I'm not tempted to jump on a plane and go see them in person.