Catch of the Day
Great Lakes ice in retreat
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Use this nifty slider tool to see the dramatic change in three weeks.
Water
Photo Friday: Lake Erie’s ice boom
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This week Echo pulls a recent image along the Niagara River from a NASA earth observation satellite.
Echo
Photo Friday: Eastern Canada lights up the St. Lawrence
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station snapped midwinter photos to display the day-to-night changes along the St. Lawrence River.
Water
Photo Friday: Wall that once split contaminated river removed
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A milestone for St. Louis! Construction crews are in the process of removing a metal sheet pile wall from the Pine River near the Velsicol superfund site.
Recreation
Photo Friday: Watershed groups compete in dragon boat race
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Members of three organizations that work to preserve Michigan’s Grand River recently took home a second place in the Capital City Dragon Boat race.
Wildlife
Fireflies in southern Michigan
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Photographer Ken Scott captured these fireflies streaking through the night sky near Willis, Mich., with a series of photos taken over 40 minutes. The technique of merging multiple short exposures into one eliminates the possibility of overexposing the ambient light such as that coming from a nearby city, said Scott, a Suttons Bay professional photographer. It also captured one of the beetles trundling across the ground and flashing its light. Scott said it wasn’t until he posted the image that he noted the insect’s ground trek from the lower right corner of the frame. “Yeah, that bugger was a bonus!” he said.
Land
Photo Friday: The Manistique River’s slab wood islands
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Have an environmental image you’ve taken somewhere within the Great Lakes region and that you’d like to submit for Echo’s Photo Friday series? Send it to greatlakesecho@gmail.com along with the photographer’s name and town of residence, approximate date it was taken, where it was taken and a little bit of description of what we’re looking at. Context – how you happened to take it or whether there were physical or technical challenges in capturing it – is also helpful.