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Photo Friday: Fresh Coast, a Great Lakes tribute
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The Fresh Coast Project began as an attempt by photographer Ed Wargin to capture the Great Lakes in pictures and video. His new book, “Fresh Coast, a Great Lakes Tribute” features both photos of all five Great Lakes and often the stories behind them, as Wargin shares his experiences traveling through the Basin. The slideshow above features just a few of Wargin’s photos from the book. A digital book can be downloaded here.
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Photo Friday: Great Lake or Ocean?
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Think you can tell the difference between a freshwater Great Lake and an ocean? It may be tougher than you think. The Daily Traveler invites you to test your knowledge of Great Lakes landscapes with an interactive photo quiz. The size, colors and wave heights of the Great Lakes can often make it difficult to tell them apart from saltier seas. Take your best guesses at the pictures on the Traveler webpage – hovering over the images with your mouse or clicking on the photos will give you the answers.
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Photo Friday: Minnesota lakes take their time “icing out”
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Some lakes in Minnesota are taking their time to thaw this spring, setting new “ice-out” records. Attributed to unusually cool spring temperatures, this satellite image shows lingering ice and white lake landscapes. The first photo was captured on May 12, 2013, when NASA’s Terra satellite passed over northern Minn. “Ice-out” is defined in this context as a lake being free of ice, but the definition often varies. Some define it based on ease of navigation, while others believe a lake has “iced-out” when it’s 90 percent free of ice, according to a report from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
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Photo Friday: Spring flow in the Great Lakes
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This photo was taken from the International Space Station by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, commander of Expedition 35. He posted several photos on May 5 to his Twitter account showing how the springtime water flows in the Great Lakes. Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario are featured in the photo above.
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Photo Friday: Flooding in Michigan
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The heavy flooding that struck Michigan this month is evident in these photos from NASA’s Earth Observatory. The photos, taken from NASA’s Terra satellite, show the Saginaw River on the east side of the state and the Grand River as it flows west from the center of the state toward Lake Michigan on April 5 and April 21. A comparison of the photos shows a much-widened Grand River and major flooding conditions on the Saginaw River near the city of Saginaw, according to the NASA report. The National Weather Service continues to place Saginaw under a flood warning, stating that the river is not expected to fall below flood levels until May 1. The photos combine infrared and visual light imagery to increase the contrast between the water and land, highlighting the expansion of the rivers, according to NASA.
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Photo Friday: Re-reversing the Chicago River
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(Photos by Lloyd DeGrane, Alliance for the Great Lakes)
The course of the Chicago River, reversed over a century ago by the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal to prevent the flow of waste water into Lake Michigan, was re-reversed April 18 to alleviate flooding in the city in the wake of serious storm conditions, according to an Associated Press report. These photos show dark stormwater and untreated waste water flowing into the lighter waters of Lake Michigan, according to the Chicagoist, a popular news blog for the Chicago area. Echo has previously reported on the increasing frequency of urban flooding problems in Chicago and the Midwest.
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Photo Friday: The Great Lakes from orbit
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The Great Lakes appear through the clouds in this photo taken from the International Space Station by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. He posted it recently on his Twitter account as part of a social media campaign to promote his team’s mission. Hadfield is the commander of Expedition 35, marking the first time a Canadian astronaut has been in command of the station, according to the Canadian Space Agency.
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Photo Friday: Thawing ice on Lake Michigan
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In this photograph from NASA’s Earth Science Photo of the Day, a January thaw caused this ice shelf on the Lake Michigan shoreline to collapse near Winnetka, Ill., according to photographer Neil Libby. As successive winter storms buffet the coast with strong winds and large waves, icy slush builds up on the newly-formed shore ice, creating ice shelves. The ice shelf pictured here stood 8 feet above the water.
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Photo Friday: Snow moon over Lake Ontario
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According to photographer Rick Stankiewicz, February’s full moon is called the snow moon, signaling the deepest snows of winter in the Northern Hemisphere. On February 25, the moon rose over Lake Ontario’s Bay of Quinte, witnessed by Stankiewicz and his friends while ice fishing for walleye. This photo was contributed to Earth Science Picture of the Day, a service of NASA’s Earth Science Division and the Universities Space Research Association.