We have a collection of interesting photos from around the U.P., starting with a menacing looking storm front in Escanaba, snapped by Dominique Bougie. This photo came in a round-about way, sent by Madison Scheriff to her Aunt, Donna MacIntosh, who sent it to me. Madison said she watched this storm front pass slowly overhead. I’m guessing there must have been a big downpour sometime afterwards.

The second photo is the moon over Isle Royale. Donna MacIntosh shares this one from the Mott Island Southwest webcam, after cleaning it up a bit to remove lines from the camera. If that isn’t the picture of peace and quiet, I don’t know what is.

The bottom two photos I snapped during my walk last week when this helicopter and contraption below it, flew over. I did a bit of digging and found out it is part of a USGS Low-Level Helicopter Geological survey that is studying the subsurface geology, part of a national effort to map critical mineral resources needed to drive the U.S. economy and national security by searching below ground and in tailings from old mines. So interesting...

We join Visit Keweenaw who fills us in on the Keweenaw National Historical Park Guided Ranger Tours in Calumet, saying they are fuel for the mind! KNH Park Rangers usher you to modern street side views that weave together research and shared experience for a tour that connects you across the arc of time.

Omgosh, that wall cloud is so scary.
That's a tornado cloud if ever I did
see one. And I did see a wall cloud
like this one time in Minnesota,
during a tornado warning. I wanted to
watch it, but was too chicken so I
stayed in my basement, after getting
pictures, of course. And that moon is
gorgeous! Thank you, Donna, for
sharing these.

Mary, that must have been so
interesting to see this on your walk.
Good you investigated to be sure it
wasn't invaders from Mars.

That Storm Cloud is so wild. Wow, Wow, Wow...That
would have me running..if I could. I do love that
moon pic on Isle Royale. I check the webcams out
there all the time. There's also the cutest sled
dog pups in Denali Nat'l Park, that I also peek at
and of course, the Tech webcams..then you get on
You Tube and there are live cams all over the
world. That's my exciting life.

And Mary, how cool to see that contraption...I
hope they post something, somewhere to tell us
what they are finding!

Hi
Lots going on the skies of the UP. I agree, Mary,
that the Isle Royale photo is serenity itself.

The cloud is actually a shelf cloud at the leading
edge of a thunderstorm. They are not typically
associated with a tornado. Wall clouds tend to form
at the back end of a thunderstorm and look
differently. If you search youtube there are many
videos explaining the differences.

Iron Range Dave, excellent and accurate description
of the shelf cloud. Where I live in Iowa they are
almost a weekly event!

Donna and Everyone,

I do not believe that Isle Royale web camera, they call Mott SW, is linked on the park's website. Here is a link to Mott SW Webcam.

And this is how the sunset looked on April 18, 2025



Nice cloud.