Best of MinnPics - September 2014

from flickr user Nick Benson
The Arcola High Bridge, or Soo Line High Bridge, was completed in 1911; the rail's nearly 200 feet above the water, and has total length of roughly 2,700 feet. Despite being an amazing structure, it isn't photographed too often by railfans on account of low train frequency (one train per day in each direction) and its isolated location.

 As the photographer mentioned in his more in-depth explanation of this photo, the 39 degree temperature in September made for a more hurried shoot than anticipated and with weather like that and an explanation of the location and circumstances surrounding the photograph, the moonlit photo of the Arcola High Bridge over the St. Croix River made September's choice one of the easier ones for 2014.

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Best of MinnPics - January 2014

from flickr user Doug Wallick
Taken an a bitterly cold January evening in Duluth, a full moon hangs low over the famous lift bridge as thin sheets of ice line the foreground of this spectacular nighttime photo of deeply frozen northern Minnesota. The bravery of trudging out into the frigid temperatures of a January evening in Duluth to get "the shot" make this photo stand above the rest and make it the Best of MinnPics for January 2014.

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There's a (bad) moon on the rise

from flickr user Nicholas Upton
The photographer captured this photo of a barely visible tree line with the sky draped in a blanket of stars while waiting for the moon to rise over the vast North Star State.

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Blood Moon

from flickr user glness
There was a total lunar eclipse over much of North American early this morning labeled the "Blood Moon" — so named because of the color Earth's shadow casts on the full moon. Here the moon is just beginning to emerge from totality at about 2:30 AM local time. Total lunar eclipses have about eight stops less illumination than with a normal full moon.

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Street Light - Minneapolis, MN

from flickr user markjackson15
A strategic angle when photographing the full moon on the evening of March 14 in Minneapolis makes it appear as though the full moon is hung beneath this downtown streetlight.

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Full Moon over Minneapolis

from flickr user RSBurnsIM
The photographer says: Full moon rising over Minneapolis. Got very lucky tonight and was able to catch the moon rising just off the deck through the 7th Avenue corridor between the IDS building and the Well's Fargo and Capella Towers.

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Happy Halloween full moon

from flickr user larchman77
A late October full moon near Rush City, Minnesota ushers in a Happy Halloween for throngs of trick or treaters tonight.

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Autumn Sky - Minneapolis, MN

from flickr user jpnuwat
Moon set over Minneapolis skyline on an early morning in late September. Everything about this photo looks awesomely metallic and futuristic. Well done.

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Moonrise Bike Ride - Lake Superior

from flickr user NorthStar Nerd
30 mile Northshore moonrise ride. Stoney Point, Minnesota on Lake Superior.

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