Some ports are lucky to have more than one lighthouse and Grand Haven, Michigan is one of those lucky places. This beautiful inner lighthouse stands 51 feet tall and was first lit in 1905. I really liked the reflection of the inner lighthouse with the outer lighthouse in the background and of course the beautiful sunset.
The Straits of Mackinac are very treacherous with shoals (rocky reefs), wildly quick depth changes and currents that work in mysterious ways. Many years ago more than a hand full of lighthouses were built to try to protect boaters from their demise. One of those lighthouses was Fourteen Foot Shoal, aptly named after the depth of the water at this location. Fourteen Foot Shoal Lighthouse is located in Lake Huron between Cheboygan and Bois Blanc Island. Even though the Lighthouse is no longer owned by the U.S. Coast Guard, it is still used to aid in navigation and is inhabited entirely by heaps of Cormorants.
Sometimes I love showing scale in my photography, it gives a better sense of the environment at these shots. If you look closely you can see a person at the bottom of the falls. This is a early fall photograph at Tannery Falls (sometime called Rudy Olson Memorial Falls) in Munising, Michigan. This photograph is also available without the person in the photo.
