Category Archives: Boating, Diving & Beaches

Photo Friday: spine as if frozen by jen526

jen526 ( Jenn Adams) says that she loves the outdoors, and photography is a great reason to go exploring, little kid style, in the woods or around a lake or through a meadow – the two are synergistic. She asks: Does it detract anything from this photo to know that I took this on a [...]

Northern Lights near Marquette on March 11th!

Originally posted to Michigan in Pictures, but definitely too good not to share! March 11 Northern Lights over Lake Superior, photo by Shawn Malone Last week  Michigan in Pictures featured an article saying that the prospects for Northern Lights viewing in Michigan were looking great for the next couple of years. Thanks to Pure Michigan’s [...]

Photo Friday: Churning by Jeff Gaydash

Jeff Gaydash writes: My love for photography began years ago back in high school when on a whim, decided to take a course in photography. I knew nothing about the process of making images and when we got our supplies list the first thing I did when I got home was open up the box [...]

Lake Huron Sinkholes: A window on the past and future

Great Lakes Echo is a project of the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University. The site uses Creative Commons reporting to to help the news community cover the environment of the Great Lakes watershed. Absolute Michigan supports the mission of Great Lakes Echo and will feature articles they produce. While this article [...]

Michigan Books: A 1,000 Mile Walk on the Beach

Next Friday (March 11, 2011) at Brilliant Books in Suttons Bay, Loreen Niewenhuis will release her book, A 1,000-Mile Walk on the Beach. The book chronicles her walk around the shoreline of Lake Michigan and her observations along the way. ABSOLUTE MICHIGAN: What prompted you to do this? LOREEN NIEWENHUIS: I’ve always felt connected to [...]

Photo Friday: DN hiking it, Elk Lake- Elk Rapids, Michigan by rickrjw

rickrjw (Rick Wolanin) added an ice boating shot from Harbor Springs to the Absolute Michigan pool today, but I liked this one from 2 years ago on Elk Lake. He’s a retired commercial photographer. Check his Collections for tons of iceboating and sailing shots. Other sets include Boyne City,  Sunsets/Sunrise and Iceboating (slideshow). Speaking of [...]

Absolute Michigan Loves Water!

On a whim, I went to Wordle and plugged in a sampling of Absolute Michigan and Michigan in Pictures. The results are above (click above for bigger view or see it even bigger). One thing is clear: we love water! We’ll use this page to feature some watery goodness – add your own events, comments, [...]

Benzie County Water Festival ~ Saturday, March 19th

Here’s some videos from presenters and performers at the Benzie County Water Festival, along with some of the beautiful water they’ll be talking about! Do you have others to add? Add them in the comments or click that Facebook link to share them there! ‘Lighthouse Dawn’ Point Betsie Lighthouse, Lake Michigan photo by Michigan Nut [...]

Photo Friday: Beautiful “Ice Ribbons”, North Pier, St. Joe by tlanephoto

tlanephoto took this shot in December of 2009 in his hometown of St. Joseph. He writes that sub-zero temps and blazing winds created these harshly beautiful ice ribbons on the North Pier in St. Joe (check out St. Joseph on Michigan in Pictures). Check out more photos from the day, his sets including Tom’s Time [...]

The Water Semester at University of Michigan

“Water is the most critical resource issue of our lifetime and our children’s lifetime. The health of our waters is the principal measure of how we live on the land.” ~ Luna Leopold Huron River by Ann279 Our friends over at the Great Lakes Echo tipped us off to an interesting thing that the University [...]