Bonfire, moonlight, and northern lights: a star-studded setting, Good Harbor Beach, Saturday evening.
On Saturday, I headed over to Good Harbor beach (651) because it looked like the northern lights just might be putting on a display. It was also cloudy with an almost-full moon illuminating the night sky. It was a quintessential up north evening, with a calm Lake Michigan, and a perfect moment for a beach bonfire and conversation. I approached the group at the fire and asked if I could put them in the foreground of the photo, with the northern lights in the background, and they asked why they couldn’t see the lights. I pointed into the northern sky at a vague arc and said it didn’t look like much, but those are the northern lights and they show up with a 30-second exposure. The brief conversation made me ponder how often we see or miss seeing the natural beauty that surrounds us, depending upon how our eyes adjust?
Putting the net reel onto the Joy (it’s heavy).
Amen to seeing/missing the natural beauty that surrounds us. I suggest the same is true of the sounds (and smells) of nature. I find also that as all my senses “age” I need to pay (and I am paying) more careful attention to avoid missing natures beautiful sensations.
Interesting!
Joy looks as though she could stand another paint job.