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We spent a day photographing the beautiful fall colors at Gooseberry Falls and Split Rock Lighthouse State Parks.

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The view was pretty awesome from the lower overlook where the Gooseberry River gorge can be seen.

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The late afternoon sun brought out the colors in the birch and aspen.

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Split Rock Lighthouse State Park 001

Just five more miles up Highway 61, Split Rock Lighthouse was surrounded by a beautiful display of fall colors.

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There is one lone moose maple bush below the lighthouse that turns red each fall.

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The angle of the sun really brightened up the reds.

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There are several pools of water along the shoreline that provide great reflections.

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Looking up at the blue sky with the red and yellow of the mountain ash trees generates a memorable fall day.

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October Storm 001

Two days later 20 to 30 mph winds created huge waves that hit the North Shore.

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Within hours we didn’t have many leaves left.

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The beauty of the huge waves brought many leaf lookers to the shore to watch waves.

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Hunter's Moon 002

The weekend ended with a beautiful Hunter’s Moon rising over the Grand Marais Harbor.

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Notice the couple standing on the lower lip of the break wall watching the full moon come up over the lighthouse. What a peaceful scene. Just a day before the fury of Lake Superior’s waves were sending spray higher than the light. Lake Superior has many moods and sometimes you can see them all in one weekend.

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