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“Sea Smoke” is water vapor that forms when very cold air moves over warmer water. This latest cold spell produced lots of sea smoke over Lake Superior. When I took this sunrise photo of Grand Marais fish house the wind chill was 35 below zero.

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Looking out beyond the lighthouse the sunlight made the sea smoke look like a raging fire.

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Clouds of sea smoke rising from the surface of Lake Superior.

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Sunset

By sunset the surface of the harbor was covered in ice.

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Spray also froze on the brush along the shore.

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Beautiful icicles hung from tree branches along Artist Point.

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Wolf Moon 001

The week ended with the January full moon which is called the “Wolf Moon”. Even in the cold temperatures almost 100 photographers gathered on the shore of Lake Superior below Split Rock Lighthouse to photograph it. There was probably over $100,000 worth of camera equipment set up.

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With the clouds over the lake we thought it was going to be a bust but the moon did show for a short time through some breaks in the clouds.

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The light was on which added to the ambiance of the evening.

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When I drove home to Grand Marais the clouds cleared and around 10:30 the eclipse began.

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At 11:00 there was a total eclipse which is called the blood moon. So, it was the “Blood Wolf Moon”.

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