A tiny thunderhead rolled over Silver City last night just before sunset – perfect timing for a rainbow. This was the view over Union Bay.

Dan, You always come through with the finest in photography as you capture the beauty and spirit of the UP. I hope Charlie makes this one a WOW for sure, although there is alot of competition this week I'm afraid... :-)

I vote for a WOW!!! I've already set this as my wallpaper. Thanks again. I LOVE this sight. :)

looks like the heaven i left a year ago to live in richmond virginia (sigh)...

Looks like the perfect setting for Judy Garland
to sing "Somewhere over the Rainbow". Beautiful.
Alicia

Thank you so much for the beautiful pictures Dan (can't wait to visit your shop again & get another picture for our bedroom) and for giving us this site Charlie!! 3 weeks from today & I'll be, once again, enjoying the wonderful lake I've grown up with for the past 22 summers. With the neverending heat & humidity in WI I'll be glad to jump in the cool water!

You should of seen the rain in Iron Mtn during the Pine Mtn Music Jam last night. It was sure coming down.

U R THE MAN, DAN!
Now how'se about explaining this "perfect timing" instinct of yours for the rest of us "camera-teurs".
You know: Knowing exactly where to be exactly when.
Betcha can't do it in 25 words or less!
This is the deeper craft or art which transcends whatever quantifiable photographic expertise and expensive equipment you may have amassed over the years for our viewing pleasure.
Kudos, Kemo-Sabe!

WOW! WOW! A definite candidate for next years calendar. Only six more weeks and we are up in the Keweenaw enjoying all this beauty, and away from this miserable heat and dry spell.

Ozawindib,

Thanks for the kind words. Your are right, I can't explain my luck in a few words. But it helps to live in a great location. Otherwise, being an amateur naturalist helps. I've studied weather, botany, geology, etc. The rest is pure dumb luck and a passion to photograph our beautiful UP.

Please add my vote for WOW!

Absolutely beautiful!

WOW!!! What a wonderfully beautiful picture..so soft yet dynamic! Thanks again for a real beauty!

Wow! What a great way to stir old memories. I hope I never forget!

Oh, how I miss Michigan. This photo just flung a craving on me. I am content in the S.W. however this photo made my heart ache with longing.

My parents (and us as kids at the time) moved away from Marquette in 1960 and became "trolls". Although I left the U.P. it has never left me! The U.P. is trully God's country, a magnificent treasure of our great state of Michigan! Thanks so much for the incredible photo that has triggered a flood of memories, memories which my wife and I now enjoy when we venture back to the U.P. every year. Love the website, and nothing can top U.P. pasties!

A perfect blending of land, sea, sky and emotion all in one shot. Really good composition.

Very Beautiful.. My choice :-)

Thanks so much for the pix...am far away but visited superior in 76...originally from Wis...mostly Kenosha and Madison...ain't been back for some time and really missed the scenery

You have nice pictures on your site, and I appreciate your posting the 1600 size which many of the more art-conscious users have.

But, I don't believe it is possible to view a rainbow centered 90° to the right of the sun's position, as the clouds here indicate.

A rainbow (and sometimes its faint wider twin) forms with its center exactly opposite the sun's position on the celestial sphere, which is why the biggest ones are at sunset (or sunrise, when the weather needed is rare). For the same reason, you never see more than half. Try it yourself with a garden hose set on fine mist (and expect a ¾ circle, with no horizon blocking it).

So I suspect this photo is a combination of two shots.

DR,

This shot was taken from a vantage point looking slightly north of due east. As you can see on this map, the arrow points to where Dan was standing to take it. The rainbow is 180°, that is, opposite the position of the sun. Dan is looking east, not north. The sun is behind us, not to our left as you suggest.

The picture is authentic, a single shot.