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Orehenge: Sure England has its Stonehenge, but Marquette has its Orehenge, when the sun and the ore dock at Marquette’s lower harbor line up a few times each year. This sunrise photo was taken a week ago by newly arrived wedding/elopement photography specialists Lindsey and Rob Morrow, a wife/husband duo who started their True Presence Photography business in 2017 in New England and brought it to the U.P. about three months ago. As to this photo, Lindsey tells us, “The backstory is that the sun rises right through the ore dock twice a year, about 30 days on either side of the winter solstice. So around Nov. 20th and Jan. 20th. Plus there’s a little bit of wiggle room, so a day or two on either side of those dates. You’ll want to be there for the couple of minutes right when the sun crosses the horizon at the official sunrise time of day. And to get this ‘star’ sort of effect, you need to set the aperture of the camera to as high as you can. For this one, I set it to f/22.” Lindsey, a native Yooper, reminds us also that Jan. 20 will be the next chance to experience Orehenge.
Ups & Downs of a Lift Bridge: As work continues on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between Hancock and Houghton, the Michigan Department of Transportation gives an update on closures – advisories for those coming home late or leaving early between the towns. Closures of about 30 minutes each will be required next week and the following week multiple times between 12:15 a.m. and 5:15 a.m. These will delay for vehicle, pedestrian and bicycle traffic. Between closures, traffic will be allowed to clear, MDOT says. Next week, closures are planned for early Thursday (Dec. 2) and Friday (Dec. 3) and the week following for Tuesday-and Friday mornings (Dec. 7-10). This work is part of the ongoing repair project to help ensure continued safe and reliable operation of the bridge. If you want to see what’s happening as it happens, check out the Michigan Technological University webcam focused on the bridge.
What Was Not Lost, Has Been “Found”: The mayor of Nipigon, Ont., Richard Harvey, might have been amused by this headline Monday on a blog: “Sunken Ship, Gunilda, Discovered in Lake Superior.” He would be amused because he owns and operates By the Bay
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