A screenshot of today's weather where I highlighted sunrise at 8:18 am and sunset at 459 pm

Days are awfully short
#winter #MichiganUP

Weather screenshot showing 2° F

2° F!!!
2!!
#winter #MichiganUP #brrr

The Michigan Upper Peninsula is in full winter mode: skeletal trees, three-foot snow drifts and promises of sub-zero temperatures. Here's saying good bye to autumn. #michiganup #naturephotography #upperpeninsula #autumn #photography #trees #waterfalls

Boom or burden? Climate migration’s impact on Michigan’s Upper Peninsula By Stephen Starr, Great Lakes Now; September 30, 2025 The ready access to nature and winter sports is what prompted Elizabeth Scott and her family to up sticks from Portland, Oregon, to Houghton on Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula in summer 2021. With 29% of Michigan’s territory and only 3% of its population, to many, the Upper Peninsula (U.P.) might appear a dream place to start over.

Seeking cooler summers and safer air, more families are eyeing Michigan’s Upper Peninsula as a climate refuge. But can rural Great Lakes towns handle the growth?

#GreatLakes #WaterNews #ClimateMigration #MichiganUP

“Michigan Education Trust Upper Peninsula Tour” appears across the top. Below, a car drives forward with the MET and MESP logos in the front seats.

From the front seat of a car, a road stretches ahead toward a sign that reads “College Savings Sept 29 – Oct 1.” The MET and MESP logos appear in the dashboard dials.

🌉 MET is heading UP north!
From Sept. 29–Oct. 1, U.P. families can attend events and learn how to save for college with Michigan's 529 plans.

📍 Escanaba, Marquette, Newberry, or Sault Ste. Marie
🎁 $100 bonus for new MET contracts
📚 bit.ly/met-up-25

#migov #mi529 #collegeplanning #michiganup

Historic lighthouse and keeper’s quarters – A white-painted Whitefish Point Light Tower, with a bright red-roofed keeper’s house and fog station, standing on grassy terrain against a deep blue sky.

Restored Fresnel lens on display – A dramatic close-up of a large, polished Fresnel lens with concentric glass prisms, part of the lighthouse’s historic lighting apparatus, exhibited behind glass in the museum.

Antique deep-sea diving suit – A full vintage brass‑helmeted diver’s suit with heavy canvas body and thick leather belts, showcased upright in a dim museum display.

Samuel Mather artifact panel – A mounted informational exhibit titled “Collision in Fog… The Sinking of the SAMUEL MATHER” with a shipwreck-era metal gauge display and text summarizing the 1891 steamer’s accident.

From a visit to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum & Whitefish Point Light Station in Michigan's UP

May 2025

Lens: Pentax SMC Takumar 20mm F4.5

Full Album: flic.kr/s/aHBqjCmgRD

#DigitalPhotography #SonyAlpha #VintageLens #Takumar #Darktable #MichiganExploration #MichiganUP

#PicturedRocks National Lakeshore from the boats. #MichiganUP #Photography

SableFalls. #Photography #MichiganUP

#MinersCastle #MichiganUP #Photography #Nature

#MichiganUP on #GrandIsland near Munising. #Photography

#MichiganUP #Bluesky #Photography

Seul Choix Pointe Lighthouse with keeper's house – A white lighthouse tower with a red roof and green trim rises above a red-brick keeper's house on a cloudy day.

Close-up of lichen-covered rocks by the water – Large jagged shoreline rocks spotted with orange lichen rest beside rippling water, with a forested coast in the distance.

Person standing on rocky shore facing lake – A lone person in a light hoodie stands on flat limestone slabs, gazing out over the lake under a moody gray sky.

Rocky Lake Michigan shoreline under gray sky – A broad view of a rocky, wet shoreline extending into a calm, pale blue lake beneath thick, overcast clouds.

I ❤️ Michigan Lighthouses!

Photos from a stop at Seul Choix Pointe Lighthouse in Michigan's UP.

May 2025

Full Album: flic.kr/s/aHBqjCiPmx

#DigitalPhotography #VintageLens #MichiganExploration #MichiganUP #Lighthouse #Darktable

Painted lotus mural on brick pillar – A vertical green-painted brick column features a stylized pink and blue lotus flower with teal diamond accents.

Red doors in weathered brick – Two stacked red-painted doors (one upper-level with no balcony) set into a worn red brick wall above a mustard-yellow exterior.

Manistique Main Street storefronts – A row of vintage brick buildings including “China King” and “Main Street Pizza,” with red awnings, tables on the sidewalk, and classic early‑20th‑century storefront charm.

Crumbling brick corner with drainpipe – The base corner of a brick building where plaster has fallen away, revealing red bricks and a rusty downspout, with scattered debris on the pavement.

A few photos from a trip to Manistique in Michigan's UP last month.

Lens: Minolta 28mm F2.8 MD W.Rokkor-X

Full Album: flic.kr/s/aHBqjCi4e9

#MichiganExploration #MichiganUP #DigitalPhotography #VintageLens #Darktable

Explore Michigan’s Upper Peninsula railroad legacy through the story of Claude Glover, a railroad man, and my great-uncle, who helped shape the Munising & Marquette Line. 🛤️https://buff.ly/9MajQff #Genealogy #MichiganUP #RailroadHistory #FamilyStory #ClaudeGlover #JourneyToThePast

Shore of Lake Superior

1388 days left and we need to get through them however we can. I try to do so by remembering how much #NaturalBeauty surrounds us in the #USA and how we should try to preserve it.

#LakeSuperior #Michigan #MichiganUP #nature #photography #NaturePhotography #GreatOutdoors

Goodnight BlueSky. 💤💙

I'm glad I did my long run on Friday morning. No running happening outside this weekend...
#NorthernMichigan #MichiganUP

UrBex in an abandoned copper mine in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Infrared using a Canon G12 with an IR filter.

#InfraredPhotography #ITPhotography #URBEX #CanonG12 #UrbEx #BlackAndWhite ##BlackAndWhitePhotography #BlackAndWhiteUrbEx #Michigan #MichiganUP #MichiganUrbEx

A reality show being filmed in a campground? What next?
REAL ACTORS, NOT PEOPLE!
#booksky #cozymystery #MichiganUP
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Marquette Harbor Lighthouse, Marquette, Michigan. June 2021

#Michigan #PureMichigan #LandscapePhotography #photography #Lighthouse #Lighthouses #MichiganUP #Nature #LakeSuperior #NaturePhotography

Michigan's Pictured Rocks Quarter | Northern Michigan History Discover Michigan’s Pictured Rocks quarter, celebrating Chapel Rock, Lake Superior, and the America the Beautiful Quarters Program.

✨ Heads or tails? Michigan's Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is now on a quarter! Learn about this iconic design & launch 🎉 💰 #PicturedRocks #MichiganUP #CoinCollectors #NationalParks 🪙🌲 Read more 👉 northernmichiganhistory.com/michigans-pi...

What better first post than one for National Michigan Day at one of my favorite places…Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. It’s an old photo from 2018 but Lake of the Clouds in the Porcupine Mountains is a must see.
#MichiganUP #LakeoftheClouds #PorcupineMountains

The Grand Island Ice Caves Stamp | Northern Michigan History Discover the story behind the USPS Grand Island Ice Caves stamp, celebrating Michigan's winter beauty on Lake Superior.

🌨️❄️ Michigan’s Grand Island Ice Caves, captured forever in a stunning USPS stamp! Explore the story behind this frozen masterpiece. 🖼️📬#GrandIslandIceCaves
#PureMichigan #USPSStamps #LakeSuperior #WinterWonders
#MichiganUP
northernmichiganhistory.com/the-grand-is...

If you've never been on a hike that requires you to cross an undocumented beaver dam, then I guess you should head to the UP and experience life!

#Michigan #MichiganUP #Beavers #Hiking

Winter has officially arrived. Ice is forming at the edges of waterfalls and rivers in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Here are two images from my short hike to Interstate Falls today.
#MichiganUP #winter #Ironwood