Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Monday, September 15, 2014

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Alpena arrived Duluth 09/10/2014

Alpena arrived this afternoon in heavy seas at  to unload cement.
Alpena


Merwedegracht (Dutch) arrived Duluth 9/10/2014

Merwedegracht (Dutch)  arrived Duluth this morning with a load of wind turbine components.

Monday, September 8, 2014

Lantern Room - Full Moon


The September Full Moon swung into position this evening right on schedule.  Funny how God's clockwork never fails.   Here the moon rose over the Duluth South Pier Lighthouse as it ticked off another month of 2014.

Three Rivers departed Duluth 9/8/2014

Three Rivers (ANT) departed at 13:30 today

Saturday, September 6, 2014

John G Munson arrived Duluth 09/06/2014

John G Munson arrived Duluth at 14:20 today

Camera Update

10:30AM 9/6/2014 Update -- Both cameras have been restored to service.

9/6/2014 - The two LSMVC cameras are currently off line due to unknown causes.  I will be checking it later this morning.

Thursday, September 4, 2014

1000ft James R Barker arrived Duluth 9/4/2014


The James R Barker arrived Duluth at 14:00 today

Storm Clouds Passing

After the passing of severe thunderstorm last evening, the skies opened up just in time to see a magnificent sunset over Caribou lake just outside Duluth.

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Three Rivers arrived Duluth 9/3/2014

Three Rivers arrived Duluth at 17:45 today

Volgaborg arrived Duluth 09/02/2014

The Dutch flagged Volgaborg arrived in Duluth Tuesday afternoon for a load of grain.

(Hot Shots) - Volgaborg arriving Duluth - Thermal Imaging

While to lighting wasn't exactly ideal for photographing the Dutch ship Volgaborg arriving in Duluth Tuesday, a thermal imaging camera proved interesting.
Below are the comparison images between regular photography and thermal photography. The red and white colors are the warmest while blues are cool.


Wednesday, August 27, 2014

1000ft Indiana Harbor arrived Duluth 8/27/2014

1000ft Indiana Harbor arrived Duluth at 15:30 today

SS Meteor

The World's Last Whaleback Ship----The SS Meteor museum is the last remaining of these innovative ships designed by Captain Alexander Mc Dougall. Launched from Superior in 1896, she carried a variety of cargo on the Great Lakes, including iron ore, cars and oil.
 SS Meteor


Monday, August 25, 2014

Presque Isle and HHL Congo arrived Duluth 08/25/2014

Presque Isle and HHL Congo arrived Duluth at 11:00 this morning

Duluth Airshow - Jet Truck

While the flying machines where grounded at the Duluth Airshow on Saturday, the awesome "Jet Truck" powered down the runway at over 300MPH.


Friday, August 22, 2014

Invisible Light - Thermal Infrared image of William A Irvin


Our eyes are incredible creations, but, sometimes it's interesting to look at things through a camera that can see heat. Here is a thermal image alongside a standard image of the William A Irvin -- The red color is warm and the green is cool.
William A Irvin - Thermal IR