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Stunning pictures of Michigan's St Joseph Lighthouse transformed into giant icicles as arctic blast
dailymail.com ^ | 10 January 2015 | Sophie Jane Evans For Dailymail.com

Posted on 01/10/2015 4:51:55 PM PST by Morgana

FULL TITLE: Stunning pictures of Michigan's St Joseph Lighthouse transformed into giant icicles as arctic blast continues to sweep across the US

With sub-zero temperatures, severe wind chills and snowfall, millions across the eastern US have been desperately trying to stay warm this week.

But one photographer chose to brave the frigid weather for hours on end - to capture these stunning photos of St Joseph Lighthouse in Michigan.

Donning sturdy boots and warm clothing, Joshua Nowicki trekked along the icy shore of Lake Michigan on Thursday morning, armed with a camera.

He then captured a breathtaking array of photos of the frozen 30ft lighthouse and its pier, both of which were completely blanketed in white icicles.

He later uploaded the images to his Facebook page, alongside pictures of circular formations of ice - what he dubbed 'ice pancakes' - on the shore.

'Ice-covered lighthouse and 'ice pancakes' in St Joseph, Michigan,' wrote Mr Nowicki of his photographs, which were taken during a blizzard.

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Weather
KEYWORDS: joshuanowicki; lakemichigan; lighthouse; michigan; stjoseph; thebiglake; thelake
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Beautiful pics on link!!!!
1 posted on 01/10/2015 4:51:55 PM PST by Morgana
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To: cripplecreek

Need any hot chocolate?


2 posted on 01/10/2015 4:52:18 PM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
Lots of cool winter pics if you're tired of looking out the winder.

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3 posted on 01/10/2015 4:55:13 PM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: Morgana

Pretty awesome. We don’t live too far away but during the snowstorm we hibernated this week! Someone who doesn’t have the flu can go out and take pictures of the awesomeness :-)


4 posted on 01/10/2015 4:59:15 PM PST by Cloverfarm (Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord ...)
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To: Morgana

Heatwave moving in tomorrow with highs expected in the 20s.


5 posted on 01/10/2015 4:59:38 PM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: Morgana

Thanks. Why do I have to go to UK to find this???


6 posted on 01/10/2015 4:59:51 PM PST by chit*chat
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To: chit*chat

Because our media sucks.

Doesn’t fit their global warming propaganda.


7 posted on 01/10/2015 5:00:54 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA)
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To: Morgana

absolutely stunning!

Thank you.


8 posted on 01/10/2015 5:01:30 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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9 posted on 01/10/2015 5:05:00 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Morgana

they have wonderful springs, summers are fine, falls are great....

winters there just don’t agree with us, however.
i wonder why?


10 posted on 01/10/2015 5:07:38 PM PST by faithhopecharity ((Brilliant, Profound Tag Line Goes Here, just as soon as I can think of one..)
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To: Morgana
Meanwhile, we are cowering under our granola bars here in California because the warm sky is falling:

Climate change: 2014 warmest year ever recorded in California

By Paul Rogers progers@mercurynews.com
01/08/2015

11 posted on 01/10/2015 5:09:44 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Morgana
Cracking comment on that page:

redheart, DEER PARK, about an hour ago
ALGORE tried to warn us about gLOBaL wARmInG

Janice, Los Angeles, 41 minutes ago
Seriously? You still don't get it? Global warming (i.e. Climate change) is about just that. Extremes in temperature of the Earth's climate system.

12 posted on 01/10/2015 5:20:27 PM PST by moose07 (The Camels have reached the parking lot.)
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To: moose07

Janice needs a course in “Follow the Money”


13 posted on 01/10/2015 5:32:27 PM PST by mommyq
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To: Morgana
No way I would ever upstage something like that!!! Two things I wanted to do and will probably never do in my life with photography. Running water effect and lighthouses. I got too late of a start with digital. When I was younger, I could scramble up, down and over almost anything.

This is one of my prizewinning photos, not many of those, but the cold and icicles reminded me of those days. This was early January 2004. It took 2 days to get this shot with my little Olympus C4000Z. I drove out about 15 miles, set up and took a bunch of shots, got home and found they all were overexposed and had blown highlights! No shooting in RAW in those days but I was already post processing in Photoshop.

So the next day the sun shone again (I had waited for that), I went out, adjusted for the overexposure, got set up and got this shot. I was about 63 at the time, and some rural-type men stopped because they thought I was in trouble, wanted to help. Then I got lost coming home, took a wrong turn and went way out over 30 miles before I got headed the right way again.

I did some more in the freezing cold, Christmas lights in particular, but I have downright envied some hardy types who can trek in terrible condition to get wonderful shots such as the lighthouse photographer did.

Rainbow_Barn

14 posted on 01/10/2015 5:40:43 PM PST by Aliska
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To: Morgana

Thanks, Morgana. Beautiful...but painful, too. : )


15 posted on 01/10/2015 5:47:31 PM PST by SaraJohnson
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To: sauropod

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16 posted on 01/10/2015 5:47:50 PM PST by sauropod (Fat Bottomed Girl: "What difference, at this point, does it make?")
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

You have to admit the two days of winter we had was kinda fun.


17 posted on 01/10/2015 5:54:53 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
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To: Aliska

You’re photo is beautiful!


19 posted on 01/10/2015 6:04:23 PM PST by Amntn
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To: Amntn

Thank you! It was featured in a movie, but I have never been able to find it.


20 posted on 01/10/2015 6:09:30 PM PST by Aliska
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