Sea Smoke 001

With wind chills predicted to minus 50 I knew there would be lots of “Sea Smoke” coming from Lake Superior in the morning. Sea Smoke is produced when the air is so cold it makes the water steam like a teapot. As the sun penetrated the steam it made for an awesome early morning image. Awesome but cold.

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Sea Smoke 002

There was no one out on the break wall this morning.

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The ice-covered trees took on a very cold appearance. At these temps you could get frost bite in about 10 minutes.

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Window Frost 001

When I got back home I checked for window frost in our wood shop.

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Window Frost 002

This one looked like Jack Frost dancing.

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Some of the windows looked like trees along a shoreline.

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Grand Marais Sunset 001

That evening it warmed up and we had a beautiful sunset.

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Grand Marais Sunset 002

Everything turned to pastel just before the colors departed from the sky.

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Grand Marais Sunset 003

It was pretty dark when I took this last photo with the Sawtooth Mountains in the background.

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