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There are two times during the year that you can catch the sunrise directly behind Split Rock Lighthouse from the Hwy 61 wayside. Each of these days line up close to the autumn and spring equinoxes. Monday of this week was one of the days. I got up early and headed to Split Rock hoping there would be some clouds to make the sunrise more orange. It worked. A beautiful orange sun lined up perfectly behind the light.

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The top edges of the sun look similar to the roof of the lighthouse. I am guessing it was just atmospheric haze creating the interesting points.

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Mushrooms 001

With all the rain the mushrooms have been putting out colorful blooms.

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The entire group in the top two photos were eaten by deer shortly after I took these photos. I knew squirrels ate them but I didn’t know that they were also a delicacy for deer.

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This one had a unique shape along with being colorful.

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One group of about a hundred mushrooms was growing out of the end of a down cedar log.

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They were growing so close and thick that some were being crowded out.

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