Photography Anyone ?

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Yellowstone/Upper Geyser Basin/Sawmill Geyser:

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Yellowstone/Upper Geyser Basin/Sponge Geyser:

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Yellowstone/Upper Geyser Basin/Castle Geyser:

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Ok, everyone (well almost everyone), who goes to Yellowstone, will want to see Old Faithful Geyser erupt.  It's really easy, since the geyser averages an eruption about every 90 minutes.  The rangers can predict it within +/- 10 minutes, 90% of the time.  Here are some pictures:

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More Old Faithful pictures, different eruption:

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More pictures !   This time from Providence Home Geode Grotto:

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Columbus, IN is Unexpected, Unforgettable Architecture and Art:

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Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum...

The building features art deco both inside and out. Here are a couple of pictures of the interior:

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Some Auburns:

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Several Cords:

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And the Dueseys:

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How about a V-16 Aircraft engine?:

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Some other cars at the ACD museum:



1941ish Graham Hollywood.



1937 Lincoln Zephyr.



A Pierce Arrow circa 1930's.

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The WHL McCourtie Estate - Concrete Wood Art:

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Time for some lighthouses (on Lake Huron):



Fort Gratiot Lighthouse is located in Port Huron, MI. 



Port Sanilac Lighthouse, located in Port Sanilac, MI.



Pointe aux Barques Lighthouse stands 6 miles north of Port Hope, MI.



Tawas Point Lighthouse is located near East Tawas, MI.

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A pier with lights:

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More lighthouses (still on Lake Huron):



Sturgeon Point Lighthouse is located North of Harrisville, MI.



Old Presque Isle Lighthouse.



New Presque Isle Lighthouse.



Forty Mile Point Light is a lighthouse in Northern Michigan, in Presque Isle County on Hammond Bay on the western shore of Lake Huron in Rogers Township, Michigan USA.

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Metal sculptures:

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Fresnel lenses (lighthouse lenses):



Fourth Order Fresnel lens originally from the Gull Island Lighthouse



Second Order Fresnel lens is from White Shoal Lighthouse. It is 9 feet in diameter and weights 3,500 pounds.

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Upper Tahquamenon Falls (The Big 'T' Falls) in the UP of Michigan:

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A couple more lighthouses, this time on Lake Superior:



Whitefish Point Lighthouse.



Crisp Point Lighthouse is located on Lake Superior and is located somewhere in the vicinity of Paradise, MI. This is not really a trip, it is more like an adventure. The trip is approximately 37 miles from Paradise, Michigan and takes about 1 hour and 10 minutes driving normally. At the lighthouse you are about 18 miles from a paved road, 23 miles from the nearest electricity, and 27 miles from the nearest gas station, restaurant, and grocery store.

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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore:

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Some more Fresnel lenses:



The first fourth order Fresnel was installed in Marquette Light in 1866.



Big Bay Lens.   The lens is a third order fixed Fresnel. The lens stands about 12 feet tall on the pedestal and weighs about a ton. Its nominal range is 18 miles.



The Stannard’s Rock lens proper weighs about two tons and the iron pedestal another two tons. The lens stands roughly ten feet high and has a diameter of five feet. The 12 bulls eyes are intended to provide a flash as the lens rotated at a speed of one revolution every three minutes. Visibility of the light was a nominal 25 miles although it could be much greater or less depending on weather and atmospheric conditions. The longest reported sighting was 45 miles.




It is a second order classical 12 bulls eye Fresnel lens built in Paris in 1880.