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Some extra nice texture to the sky this evening. Question was, would the color play also? Nice *bumps*. Taken with the 24-70mm at 30mm... Some nice pre-sunset color with the *bumps*. Taken with the 24-70mm at 38mm... And yes, the post sunset color did come out to play! Taken with the 24-70mm at 28mm... Last image of the evening and what a beauty. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... Good night my darlin', wherever you are...

One of the first 60+ days of the season and the bulbs are saying hello!

Finally, a death knell for winter. The sandhill cranes were honking their way back north today. A good sign.

A sun dog kind of night. An early wispy sun dog. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... An overview of a later sundog Taken with the 24-70mm at 33mm... A close-up of the later sun dog. Taken with the 24-70mm at 70mm... Last image of the night but no sun dog. Taken with the 24-70mm at 31mm...

That station is calling it already? Oh wow, I did not notice only three days left in the month. Come on March!

Good to have you with us. Welcome.

One of those good news/bad news things. Good news, it is not getting much worse. Bad news, it is not getting any better.

Glass half empty, glass half full?

Kind of a bummer that KIND's radar is down. But it is probably a good thing for this event. When it is a *kitchen sink* storm, probably best just to stick the head out the door more often to see what it is doing MBY at the moment. It is only going to change a lot.

Tonight was simple. One image to the east and one to the west. Nothing special, nothing fancy. The view to the east. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... The view to the west Taken with the 24-70mm at 33mm...

Cracked 60 both here and at KIND with 61 degrees. Too bad this will not last. A person could get used to being comfortable outside.

I had to chuckle. Yesterday on the Duluth Canal Cam, lots of people out walking. Today, not so much. More like Ghost Canal.

Thanks for the feedback.

So, all you winter weather weenies, which looks coldest? The ice in color, yes, the bank next door has those yellow sodium security lights. Or the ice in B&W which is a bit blander.

^Yes, you look snow starved there. Definitely need another foot. lol

Flood warning has verified in my county. The one tributary we have, Prairie Creek rose to 11.73 feet sometime around seven p.m.. Moderate flood stage for that gauge is 11.0 feet. And that is the highest that gauge has been since 2018.

Well, no and yes. The rain washed all the snow off my property but everything has an inch on it again. I tried to scrape that frozen rain/IP mess off of the garage after dinner but that darn snow just kept covering it back up. I gave up for the night.

Darn the guys and gals at NWS are good. 2.02" of rain in the tippy bucket before it froze up. Just like they advertised.

Another nice but chilly night at the firehouse. When I got there the conditions were ripe for iridescence or sun dogs but neither happened. Funny how that works sometimes. Taken with the 24-70mm at 41mm... Using the pine tree as a sun block for the beginning of the color. Taken with the 24-70mm at 61mm... The last two images I used the GND to balance things out a bit. Taken with the 24-70mm at 55mm... The fading color with two contrails as accents. Taken with the 24-70mm at 63mm... Cheers!

Temps in the 40's way down here to the south. Be nice to see the dewpoint get above freezing. Have not seen that in quite a while. Still in the 20's here though.

Another busy day behind the viewfinder. Start off with some mid-afternoon clouds and my house. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Some iridescence when I got out to the firehouse for the sunset. Taken with the 24-70mm at 44mm... Just a few tiny little clouds. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Another *fake* shot looking south with the GND. Taken with the 24-70mm at 24mm... Start of the sunset color and the yellows. Taken with the 24-70mm at 50mm... I had high hopes for the red but all I got was this smattering. Taken with the 24-70mm at 61mm...

It is all over the place. Just goes to show that ice is a very volatile condition.

Thanks for reminding me. I had not looked at the ice on the great lakes since just after Xmas. Been a slight change since then. And talk about spaghetti maps...

I am a little confused. It was either 9 or 10 as there as an intrahour special close to midnight at KIND. Whatever, sometimes it is good to be this far south.