After a display of aurora borealis during the night, some clouds rolled in during the pre-dawn hours to allow a colorful sunrise over Lake Superior. The green reflected on the water from the northern lights was replaced by pink when morning arrived.
From Green to Pink
For a few brief minutes, the sky was colorful this morning and I wonder what the ducks thought when their water turned pink.
April Pink Sunrise
With the recent winds blowing the ice away from shore, the sunrise pink color was able to reflect off the water this morning on the south shore of Lake Superior.
Pink Sunrise Reflection
Black Friday shoppers might have seen the sunrise, unless they were the very early shoppers who were inside the store long before the sun was up.
Friday Sunrise
The string of nights with temperatures in the 20s has formed an ice layer on my pond, but there was a small patch of open water for the morning’s sunrise to leave a pink reflection.
Ice and Pink
The skies filled with clouds by mid-morning so the sunset was hidden, but at least it was sunny for the sunrise.
Sunday Sunrise
Created during the retreat of glacial ice, Lake Superior is a geological newcomer at about 10,00 years old. But the average drop of water entering the lake remains for 191 years, which is the longest retention time of the Great Lakes. The other Great Lakes are less than a hundred years with Lake Erie at only 2.6 years and Lake St. Claire averages only 7 days.
Sunrise on Old Water
After the leaves have fallen, late autumn sunrises are more visible through the stark and barren trees.
Late November Sunrise
A month ago the leaves were falling, but this morning snow was falling instead and blocked any hint of a sunrise.
October Lake Sunrise
Today was a great fall day to be enjoyed outside before the weather changes as it is more pleasurable to watch a sunrise or sunset when the white is from clouds and not snow.
Superior Sunrise
