Lake Superior sunrise ..... Jerry Mercier

Waiting on sunrise along the shore of Lake Superior near Washburn Wisconsin.

After a short wait a bit of color started to show.

As the sun tried to make it through the clouds the water turned silver with touches of hot pink on the horizon.

Just a few minutes later, dark clouds and fiery reds.

And then it was gone.

Leaving simple patterns and pastels.

And finally, a lone cloud along the shoreline.

Going back... Jerry Mercier

With temperatures in the 50s the ice shoves along the shore of Lake Superior weren't going to last long.

I was hoping for some better photos so I wore chest waders this time and went back before it all melted.

I spent the next hour kneeling in shallow water along the shore of the Chequamegon Bay.

At times I had to break through ice sheets an inch thick so I could get to the spots I wanted.

The point being. The water was really cold.

At one point I stopped to warm my hands, looked over and an adult beaver was in the water only 4 feet away from me. I said 'hey' and it just looked at me before swimming off.

The beaver didn't seem bothered the water temperature at all. But I was getting cold.

So I made a few more images just after sunset and called it a night.