Funny how one shoreline (yesterday) can be without any ice lingering on the shoreline, while another still has a bit of ice hanging on to the shoreline edges, along with some good size icy creatures, with icicle teeth. Beth Jukuri captured these scenes on the shores of McLain State Park on a beautiful evening last week. It’s still cold enough to need a jacket and some days even a hat or hood, but Spring is doing its best to warm things UP for us here in the Keweenaw. We may still have a snow storm here and there, but with each one, we cross our fingers that it’s the last one for now. April showers are supposed to bring May flowers, so April snow, just needs to go. It’s time to start thinking picnics at McLain Park and maybe a dip in Lake Superior, too!

Speaking of a dip in Lake Superior... we have a video from Heather and Brian Outdoors watching a catastrophe with their drone, as it sinks to the bottom of Lake Superior in Marquette. Make sure you watch until the end to see who makes an appearance.

Was the drone recoverable?

I saw these pictures on fb. They're so
beautiful. But I hope that the next
time Beth goes to McLain, the ice is
all gone

Didn't Jeff's son lose a drone in the lake one time
too? That's gotta bite.

I found an Aurora cam in Churchill, Manitoba,
Canada, and they were busy last night. I checked
the cam at Sunset, nothing, the ones at Isle
Royale, and that was fog...the one way up in Canada
was just gorgeous...it's a Polar Bear watching
place...with the lights added....awesome!

Cold looking pics, I'm with Deb, hopefully the next
McLain pics will show sunshine and no Heikki Lunta!!
lol

Cool video, sorry you lost the Drone, or was it
recovered??

N-ice! I remember a
photo from probably
10 years ago of an icicle
toothed mouth and I
believe it was called;
Superior Monster.
It looked like a gaping
mouth with fangs coming
down from the top and a
view of Lake Superior
when you looked through
it. It was one of my all
time favorites and I used
it for my screensaver for
years, but that computer
died and it was lost.
I felt a little sad watching
that drone sink; Superior
claims another victim, but
thankfully there were no
lives lost. The dramatic
music was a nice touch.
And was that a pike that
I saw swimming on by?

Looked like a lake trout or perhaps a brown trout(?) I wonder what he told his trout friends afterward.

Donna,

As you noted, the lights on Isle Royale were pretty good earlier this week and completely blocked last night by overcast skies. I made this time-lapse video from Tuesday night.

Northern Lights on Isle Royale from Dusk 'til Dawn, April 15,2025