Lake Superior

She’s the Greatest

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Jordan Van Der Hagen, Morning on Sixth Avenue East, Duluth, Minnesota, May 2026. thejvandy

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114 year old dock filling a 67 year old ship with iron ore using just the power of gravity

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Hayes Scriven, Pancake ice forms on Lake Superior near Split Rock Lighthouse, along the lake’s north shore, January 2026.

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Hayes Scriven, Blizzard at Split Rock Lighthouse, north shore of Lake Superior, Minnesota, 18 February 2026.

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Jim Schnortz, Split Rock sunrise on National Lighthouse Day, 7 August 2025. destination_duluth

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Nathan Klok, The Split Rock Lighthouse’s candle is lit for its 115th birthday on 31 July 2025. instagram

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Matthew Pastick, Split Rock Lighthouse at dawn, July 2025. instagram

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Jim Schnortz, Split Rock Lighthouse lit for its birthday each summer, this one on 31 July 2019. instagram

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Lake Superior Sunset - Pancake Bay Provincial Park - Ontario, Canada

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Sunset on Lake Superior from Pukaskwa National Park - Ontario, Canada

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on lake superior

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Lake Superior storm

georgeduluth

[plaguedocboi]

ITS GREAT LAKES AWARENESS DAY!!!!!

On this excellent day, be aware that this is the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world, covering over 95,000 square miles and reaching depths of over a thousand feet. They are beautiful freshwater seas.

Also when you die in these lakes, the very cold, oxygen-poor conditions at the bottom preserves you perfectly for all eternity. You will not rot and nothing will eat you. You will exist for as long as the Great Lakes do. Many shipwrecks still have the crew on board. Be Aware.

[bunjywunjy]

that last paragraph only applies to Lake Superior, the northernmost Great Lake! to be fair though, Superior is bigger than all of the other Great Lakes combined.

and that's not to say that the other Great Lakes aren't equally dangerous! each of these things earned the 'Great' descriptor for a reason, and the only reason they aren't all classified as inland seas is because they're not salty.

Lake Michigan in particular is really good at creating waterlogged corpses and hiding them in weird places, and every single Great Lake is full of shipwrecks and ghost stories.

and you know what? 10/10 I would let these things eat me anyways.

be aware!

[bunjywunjy]

fun optional addition, LAKE SUPERIOR VS THE EAST COAST

you could drown an entire small country in this thing

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Great Lakes Awareness Day is May 5th this year!

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Sunset on Lake Superior 7:40pm, 8:00pm, 8:20pm

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Ice-coated sandstone cave along the south shore of Lake Superior. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, USA

By Ian Plant

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“Yooperlite” on Lake Superior! These rocks are sodalite in syenite and the sodalite part glows when a long wave UV light is shined onto them! Hunting these is so much fun!!

📽️ By: Thecrystalcollector

Bryan Major

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Crisp Point Lighthouse on Lake Superior, MI, USA, by Ashlynn Small