Pete Curtis
A software architect, endurance athlete, and musician living in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA.
This is my own humble place to share the things I enjoy.
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Here's a few more random photos I took in the past couple of weeks.
Playing around with exposure adjustments. Saturating the output leads to the "divine light" effect.
More photos below the fold.
What's the heaviest rainstorm you've ever seen? For me, I'd have to say one summer night at Wild River State Park (more on that in a later post.) But chances are, no matter where it might be, it probably doesn't hold a candle to this story:
"The 18th of July 1867 will long be remembered by those persons who were, at the time in the region comprising the counties of Pope, Douglas, and the western part of Stearns..."
It was with these remarks that [George B.] Wright opened a paper entitled "Notes of a Remarkable Storm" delivered on 8 March 1876 before the Minnesota Academy of Natural Science. In this paper, Wright, who was part of a survey party operating at the time in an area about 15 miles southwest of Glenwood in Pope County, states that he experienced rainfall that was perhaps "without parallel in temperate climates".
On May 4, 2007, a careless camper in the Boundary Waters area of northern Minnesota left a fire burning without fully extinguishing it. Somehow, somewhere, a few sparks must have been blown into the nearby woods and landed on flammable material, maybe pine needles. The few needles burned hot enough to start a few twigs on fire, and the twigs didn't just go out, but managed to set even larger chunks on fire. Shortly thereafter, the first reports came into the ranger station at Grand Marais of a smoke plume near Ham Lake. By the time the Minnesota DNR and U.S. Forest Service were able to assess the site, it was obvious that a full wildfire was in progress.
Some impressive snow sculptures during the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. These were up on the state fairgrounds near Machinery Hill.
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