We sure have had our share of wind the past couple months. Seems like every day it’s windy enough to produce waves on Lake Superior. Then there are days that it really gets things stirred up on the Big Lake. Joe Kirkish took a ride up to Copper Harbor on one of the latter days and stopped along the way to snap some photos. The first two pictures were taken near Eagle River, with the waves crashing against the rocks. The third photo was also in Eagle River, somewhere along the shoreline.

The last two pictures were taken at Great Sand Bay, with row, upon row of white cap waves relentlessly bombarding the shoreline there. Check out the energetic young lady in the last photo, coming up the steps, with her hair blowing and what looks to me, like a smile on her face. She’s loving the action of the weather and nature.

We turn to Steve Brimm Photography once again for our video entertainment. He captured the fury of the wind, but then put in in slow motion. Some of the waves slowly crashing against the rocks, remind me of fireworks spreading out in the sky.

Nicely done video...don't forget to FULL-
SCREEN it. I could meditate to that for hours.

Beautiful images and video! Thanks to all!

I'd like to have these pics hanging in my office,
Fantastic!! I too could listen to the sounds of
that video for hours!!

Just catching up after being out of reach of WIFI for a while! The beauty of the pictures helps sooth my disappointment after reading that pasty shipments have had to be delayed even longer! I was so looking forward to the 28th!!

jbuck.... glad you're back, I was getting
concerned! Hoping all is well ! Go Cats!!

I second that, jbuck...hoping all is well.

Thanks Uncle Chuck & Alex!

Yes, all is well, just took a jaunt to the homeland in Antrim County (Michigan, not Ireland). It's not the UP, but we still had a good time!

Looks like i missed commenting on some beautiful posts but do have a question to post for Capt Paul and Dr. Nat!

Go Cats Go!!!

Dr Nat & Capt Paul,

Was watching a "Michigan Rocks" video and he was at Norwood on the shore of Lake Michigan. He paddled along a stretch of Antrim Shale and showed several "concretions".

Are you familiar with these in this area? Can you explain what they are? These were 2-3 feet across and mostly round in shape.

Michigan Rocks is such an outstanding guy....and he
does the most awesome vids! His sis is married to a
guy in Lake Linden, so that's why he's hitting
Superior when he can! Awesome stuff!

Hey Donna,

I agree! The videos along Crisp Point and Grand Marais - and the Yooperlites - are some of my favorites!

AMEN!

My advisor when I was working on my M.S. is an expert in concretions, so I hope I learned something while studying with him!
Concretions are places where the cement holding sediments together is more concentrated, making the concretions more resistant to erosion than the surrounding rock. This occurs because there is some nucleus—a unique mineral grain, fossil, piece of organic material, etc.—that makes the cement preferentially precipitate in that area. There are a number of different types of concretions with different mineralogy and different shapes depending on the geologic conditions they formed under.

I happen to like the Moeraki Boulders in New Zealand. They are an interesting group of big concretions.

Thanks Dr. Nat!

Is this a case where the concretions are continuing to grow even now? Or at least that is the case in some locations?

Concretions can grow when the sediments are below the water table. It's the water that is carrying the minerals that precipitate as cement.

Gorgeous!