Some of the more common birds that are hanging out this winter in Northern Minnesota.
Was the first Sunday in October for what had be come a true sign of fall, photographing the Twin Cities Marathon as part of the Competitive Image crew. Together the crew took over 12,000 photos. Unlike the last few years, today had the finish line coverage tasks. Here’s a few photos from the chilly morning in the Twin Cities.
The Sunday show of the 2012 Duluth Air Show was greeted by blue sunny skies instead of the rainy skies on Saturday. The feature act, the Royal Canadian Air Force team the Canadian Snowbirds performed a wonderful show using nine aircraft in various formations, loops, and crossing patterns. The Army’s Golden Knights skydiving team started off the show by bringing in the flags for the United States and Canada. There were two different acrobatic plane performances. A display of WWII era planes with a B25 and a P-51C painted with the “Red Tails” that the Tuskegee Airman flew with. The Heritage flight for this year saw a P-51D lead the formation with an F16 flying the slot position and a pair of F4 Phantoms as the wingmen. A Mig-21 put on a short show of the airplane Vietnam era pilots saw a lot of. Local company Cirrus showed off their new jet aircraft as well. All in all it was a good day of flying for all involved. Growing up around the Air Force and the Thunderbirds, I was finally able to see the Snowbirds perform. I would gladly see them again as they didn’t disappoint.
Samples of the many photos from Sunday’s performance…
A few photos from the first annual Superior Man Triathlon held in downtown Duluth. The athlete’s jumped in the harbor off the Vista Star for the swim leg, the cycling leg took them through downtown on their way to Two Harbors before returning on scenic highway 61, and the final running leg saw them do multiple laps around Canal and Bayfront Parks.
Overnight was supposed to be the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Unforunately, clouds started moving in shortly after 1am. I did manage to get one decent photo of a meteor passing through the sky. In total saw about 25 meteors for the two and half hours I laid outside staring at the night sky.
