Dennis O'Hara
Supermoon Eclipse
The supermoon eclipse
Last Sunday’s supermoon – a moniker given to the biggest and brightest full moon of the year – coincided with a lunar eclipse, delighting astronomers, stargazers and photographers across the region. This rare combination last occurred in 1982 and won’t happen again until 2033, writes Duluth News Tribune photographer Bob King in an Astro Bob post. He uploaded his images of the eclipse in a later post.
Duluth photographer and magazine contributor Dennis O’Hara runs the Duluth Harbor Cam website. Compiling 657 images, he made a time-lapse video of the full moon over the harbor, as seen above.
David Johnson snapped a cute one in Grand Marais, Minnesota, and compatriot Paul Sundberg made some lovely photos of the harbor, too.
New multi-use Keweenaw trail in the works
Native Americans in the Upper Peninsula and the state of Michigan are exploring a plan to build a 12-mile hiking and bicycling trail that would connect two villages on opposite sides of a Lake Superior bay — and, supporters hope, boost tourism and economic development in the beautiful but remote area.
The trail would cost $14 million, according to a feasibility study, and follow the Keweenaw Bay shoreline. It’s part of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community’s efforts to further develop a diversified, green economy.
+ In Wisconsin, the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa received a federal grant to raise more munitions barrels from Lake Superior’s depths, dumped there decades ago by the U.S. Army. Wisconsin Public Radio reports.
Photographing fall color
The Duluth News Tribune asked professionals, including several familiar to Lake Superior Magazine readers, for their fall color photography tips.
+ Find more tips here at LakeSuperior.com.
+ Peak fall color on the Lake Superior shore is nearly here.
Duluth's Football Nun
+ “CBS Evening News” traveled to Duluth to meet the “football nun” of the College of St. Scholastica.
+ Sea lamprey numbers are down significantly in the Great Lakes after decades of control efforts, reports the Associated Press. Lake Superior still has an estimated 80,000 lampreys, parasitic invaders that feed on fish. (More on the sea lamprey battle from our archive.)
+ Michigan Radio: “Lab tests ways to kill creatures lurking in the bottom of ships.”
+ The Thunder Bay Art Gallery may move to the city’s up-and-coming waterfront area, reports the Chronicle Journal.
+ The Chequamegon Symphony Orchestra is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The Ashland Daily Press reports on the big sounds coming from a small community.
+ Two Duluth breweries – Fitger’s Brewhouse and Bent Paddle Brewing Co. – won silver medals at the Great American Beer Festival. Nearby Bemidji Brewing Co. also earned a silver.
+ Thunder Bay set a new record for warmest September, says TBNewsWatch.com.
+ Adventurers Amy and Dave Freeman are spending an entire year in Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Listen to their first dispatch for WTIP.
+ WTIP’s latest Lake Superior Project story delves into the colorful history of Tettegouche Camp.