Dale
@michigandarkskies.bsky.social
Retired quality control auditor for sheet metal and exterior at Ford Motor Company. Amateur photographer, other interests include Civil War history, archeology, and rockhounding, etc.
The Milky Way, airglow & aurora reflecting on the calm water of Loon Lake, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan. 10/29/2025 #milkyway #puremichigan #michigan #nightphotography #photography #blueskyartgallery #blueskyartshow
November 4, 2025 at 3:55 AM
The Milky Way, airglow & aurora reflecting on the calm water of Loon Lake, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan. 10/29/2025 #milkyway #puremichigan #michigan #nightphotography #photography #blueskyartgallery #blueskyartshow
A big beautiful blue sky with just the right mix of clouds over a scenic vista of fall colors near Empire, Michigan. 10/25/2025.
#autumn #trees #michigan #fallcolors #puremichigan #landscapephotography #blueskyartgallery #blueskyartshow
#autumn #trees #michigan #fallcolors #puremichigan #landscapephotography #blueskyartgallery #blueskyartshow
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
A big beautiful blue sky with just the right mix of clouds over a scenic vista of fall colors near Empire, Michigan. 10/25/2025.
#autumn #trees #michigan #fallcolors #puremichigan #landscapephotography #blueskyartgallery #blueskyartshow
#autumn #trees #michigan #fallcolors #puremichigan #landscapephotography #blueskyartgallery #blueskyartshow
A golden maple tree reflecting the warmth of the morning sun. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan.
#BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #autumn #trees #foliage #michigan #nationalparks #puremichigan
#BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #autumn #trees #foliage #michigan #nationalparks #puremichigan
November 4, 2025 at 3:51 AM
A golden maple tree reflecting the warmth of the morning sun. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan.
#BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #autumn #trees #foliage #michigan #nationalparks #puremichigan
#BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #autumn #trees #foliage #michigan #nationalparks #puremichigan
Autumn colors on the back roads of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan 10/29/2025. #autumn #tress #fallcolors #nationalparks #puremichigan #michigan #photography
November 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Autumn colors on the back roads of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan 10/29/2025. #autumn #tress #fallcolors #nationalparks #puremichigan #michigan #photography
A chipmunk taking in the warmth of the sun at Kensington Metro Park, Milford, Michigan. 10/20/2025 #photography #michigan #puremichigan #nature
November 2, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A chipmunk taking in the warmth of the sun at Kensington Metro Park, Milford, Michigan. 10/20/2025 #photography #michigan #puremichigan #nature
Empire Bluffs, aurora, with airglow and the Milky Way adding to this enchanting image from Esch Beach, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan. Captured early AM, 10/29/25
#blueskyartgallery #photography #nightphotography #michigan #puremichigan #miklyway #sleepingbeardunes #nationalparks
#blueskyartgallery #photography #nightphotography #michigan #puremichigan #miklyway #sleepingbeardunes #nationalparks
October 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Empire Bluffs, aurora, with airglow and the Milky Way adding to this enchanting image from Esch Beach, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan. Captured early AM, 10/29/25
#blueskyartgallery #photography #nightphotography #michigan #puremichigan #miklyway #sleepingbeardunes #nationalparks
#blueskyartgallery #photography #nightphotography #michigan #puremichigan #miklyway #sleepingbeardunes #nationalparks
Roadside Fall colors and a beautiful sky above, taken near Maple City, Michigan 10/25/25.
#Michigan #puremichigan #photography #blueskyartgallery #fallcolor #landscapephotography
#Michigan #puremichigan #photography #blueskyartgallery #fallcolor #landscapephotography
October 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Roadside Fall colors and a beautiful sky above, taken near Maple City, Michigan 10/25/25.
#Michigan #puremichigan #photography #blueskyartgallery #fallcolor #landscapephotography
#Michigan #puremichigan #photography #blueskyartgallery #fallcolor #landscapephotography
Fall colors and beautiful skies at the Old St. Joseph Church, near Maple City, Michigan. Captured October 25, 2025.
#michigan
#puremichigan
#fallcolors
#photography
#landscapephotography
#blueskyartshow
#michigan
#puremichigan
#fallcolors
#photography
#landscapephotography
#blueskyartshow
October 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Fall colors and beautiful skies at the Old St. Joseph Church, near Maple City, Michigan. Captured October 25, 2025.
#michigan
#puremichigan
#fallcolors
#photography
#landscapephotography
#blueskyartshow
#michigan
#puremichigan
#fallcolors
#photography
#landscapephotography
#blueskyartshow
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Wood Duck and fall reflections from October 2010, near Cleveland, Ohio.
#Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #Ohionature #woodduck
#Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #Ohionature #woodduck
October 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Wood Duck and fall reflections from October 2010, near Cleveland, Ohio.
#Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #Ohionature #woodduck
#Birds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #Ohionature #woodduck
The aurora over a placid inland lake in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan.
#puremichigan
#blueskyartshow
#michigan
#aurora
#northernlights
#michigandarkskies
#nationalparks
#photography
#nightphotohgraphy
#puremichigan
#blueskyartshow
#michigan
#aurora
#northernlights
#michigandarkskies
#nationalparks
#photography
#nightphotohgraphy
October 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The aurora over a placid inland lake in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan.
#puremichigan
#blueskyartshow
#michigan
#aurora
#northernlights
#michigandarkskies
#nationalparks
#photography
#nightphotohgraphy
#puremichigan
#blueskyartshow
#michigan
#aurora
#northernlights
#michigandarkskies
#nationalparks
#photography
#nightphotohgraphy
Here's a short timelapse video of the aurora over Loon Lake on 10/1/2025. The video does however illustrate the progression from an aurora arc to seeing aurora beads just before the sub-storm hits. Don't blink...😃
#aurora
#northernlights
#puremichigan
#sleepingbeardunes
#michigan
#michigandarkskies
#aurora
#northernlights
#puremichigan
#sleepingbeardunes
#michigan
#michigandarkskies
October 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Here's a short timelapse video of the aurora over Loon Lake on 10/1/2025. The video does however illustrate the progression from an aurora arc to seeing aurora beads just before the sub-storm hits. Don't blink...😃
#aurora
#northernlights
#puremichigan
#sleepingbeardunes
#michigan
#michigandarkskies
#aurora
#northernlights
#puremichigan
#sleepingbeardunes
#michigan
#michigandarkskies
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BREAKING:
A Fatwa calling for the death ☠️ of unhinged right wing anti-human
Peter Thiel
Has been declared by the Iranian Caliphate on the grounds Thiel is a threat to humanity and is the living ANTI CHRIST
A Fatwa calling for the death ☠️ of unhinged right wing anti-human
Peter Thiel
Has been declared by the Iranian Caliphate on the grounds Thiel is a threat to humanity and is the living ANTI CHRIST
October 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
BREAKING:
A Fatwa calling for the death ☠️ of unhinged right wing anti-human
Peter Thiel
Has been declared by the Iranian Caliphate on the grounds Thiel is a threat to humanity and is the living ANTI CHRIST
A Fatwa calling for the death ☠️ of unhinged right wing anti-human
Peter Thiel
Has been declared by the Iranian Caliphate on the grounds Thiel is a threat to humanity and is the living ANTI CHRIST
Wood Duck and fall reflections from October 2010, near Cleveland, Ohio. Remembering my friend Mike Colter.
#woodduck
#birds
#birding
#photography
#Ohionature
#naturephotography
#birdphotography
#woodduck
#birds
#birding
#photography
#Ohionature
#naturephotography
#birdphotography
October 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Wood Duck and fall reflections from October 2010, near Cleveland, Ohio. Remembering my friend Mike Colter.
#woodduck
#birds
#birding
#photography
#Ohionature
#naturephotography
#birdphotography
#woodduck
#birds
#birding
#photography
#Ohionature
#naturephotography
#birdphotography
A Great Egret on the hunt today at Pointe Mouillee State Game Area, Brownstown, Twp., Michigan, 10/16/2025.
#birds
#birding
#photography
#naturephotography
#michigan
#puremichigan
#egret
#wildlifephotography
#birds
#birding
#photography
#naturephotography
#michigan
#puremichigan
#egret
#wildlifephotography
October 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A Great Egret on the hunt today at Pointe Mouillee State Game Area, Brownstown, Twp., Michigan, 10/16/2025.
#birds
#birding
#photography
#naturephotography
#michigan
#puremichigan
#egret
#wildlifephotography
#birds
#birding
#photography
#naturephotography
#michigan
#puremichigan
#egret
#wildlifephotography
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Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."
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October 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Chicago priest Father Michael Pfleger: "The state of emergency is in AMERICA, not Chicago. It's birthed from this president and his admin's reign of terror."
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The Point Betsie Lighthouse on a partly cloudy moonlit night. The moon light is being reflected off some interesting cloud formations as the aurora competes for attention. Taken in the early hours of 10/2/2025.
#northernlights
#auroraborealis
#nightphotography
#michigan
#puremichigan
#photography
#northernlights
#auroraborealis
#nightphotography
#michigan
#puremichigan
#photography
October 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The Point Betsie Lighthouse on a partly cloudy moonlit night. The moon light is being reflected off some interesting cloud formations as the aurora competes for attention. Taken in the early hours of 10/2/2025.
#northernlights
#auroraborealis
#nightphotography
#michigan
#puremichigan
#photography
#northernlights
#auroraborealis
#nightphotography
#michigan
#puremichigan
#photography
The Watchman reflecting the last of the warm light of the setting sun on an April day in 2017. The Virgin River curves gently toward the mountain guiding your gaze toward this wonderful scene in Zion National Park.
#ZionNationalPark
#photography
#landscapephotography
#nationalparks
#Zion
#sunset
#ZionNationalPark
#photography
#landscapephotography
#nationalparks
#Zion
#sunset
September 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The Watchman reflecting the last of the warm light of the setting sun on an April day in 2017. The Virgin River curves gently toward the mountain guiding your gaze toward this wonderful scene in Zion National Park.
#ZionNationalPark
#photography
#landscapephotography
#nationalparks
#Zion
#sunset
#ZionNationalPark
#photography
#landscapephotography
#nationalparks
#Zion
#sunset
Mouillee Creek sunset, Berlin Township, Monroe County, Michigan taken April 20, 2017.
#michigan
#photography
#puremichigan
#sunset
#naturephotography
#michigan
#photography
#puremichigan
#sunset
#naturephotography
September 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Mouillee Creek sunset, Berlin Township, Monroe County, Michigan taken April 20, 2017.
#michigan
#photography
#puremichigan
#sunset
#naturephotography
#michigan
#photography
#puremichigan
#sunset
#naturephotography
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A roadside sighting.
September 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A roadside sighting.
Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly on a Thistle plant, Oakwoods Metro Park, New Boston, Michigan 8/30/2025. #butterfly #SpicebushSwallowtail #michigan #puremichigan #blueskyphotography #photography #nature #blueskybutterflies #naturephotography
September 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly on a Thistle plant, Oakwoods Metro Park, New Boston, Michigan 8/30/2025. #butterfly #SpicebushSwallowtail #michigan #puremichigan #blueskyphotography #photography #nature #blueskybutterflies #naturephotography
Monarch Butterfly on clover, Berlin Township, Monroe County, Michigan. 8/30/2025
#butterfly
#michigan
#MonarchButterfly
#puremichigan
#photography
#nature
#naturephotography
#butterfly
#michigan
#MonarchButterfly
#puremichigan
#photography
#nature
#naturephotography
August 31, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Monarch Butterfly on clover, Berlin Township, Monroe County, Michigan. 8/30/2025
#butterfly
#michigan
#MonarchButterfly
#puremichigan
#photography
#nature
#naturephotography
#butterfly
#michigan
#MonarchButterfly
#puremichigan
#photography
#nature
#naturephotography
Sunset at Loon Lake, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, with the smoke and haze the sun has been not much more than a red orb in the sky at sunset for much of the summer. Taken on 8/5/2025.
#sunset #SleepingBearDunesNationalLakeshore #photography #puremichigan #michigan #nationalparks
#sunset #SleepingBearDunesNationalLakeshore #photography #puremichigan #michigan #nationalparks
August 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sunset at Loon Lake, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, with the smoke and haze the sun has been not much more than a red orb in the sky at sunset for much of the summer. Taken on 8/5/2025.
#sunset #SleepingBearDunesNationalLakeshore #photography #puremichigan #michigan #nationalparks
#sunset #SleepingBearDunesNationalLakeshore #photography #puremichigan #michigan #nationalparks
Three Giant Swallowtail Butterflies captured in one photograph. Captured at Oakwood Metro Park, New Boston, Michigan on 7/29/2025. #insectThursday #butterflies #photography #Michigan #pureMichigan #giantswallowtail #butterfly #photography #nature #naturephotography #metroparks #insects #bugsky
August 3, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Three Giant Swallowtail Butterflies captured in one photograph. Captured at Oakwood Metro Park, New Boston, Michigan on 7/29/2025. #insectThursday #butterflies #photography #Michigan #pureMichigan #giantswallowtail #butterfly #photography #nature #naturephotography #metroparks #insects #bugsky
Giant Swallowtail Butterfly, Oakwoods Metro Park, New Boston, Michigan 7/29/2025. #butterfly #bugsky #puremichigan #michigan #photography #nature
August 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Giant Swallowtail Butterfly, Oakwoods Metro Park, New Boston, Michigan 7/29/2025. #butterfly #bugsky #puremichigan #michigan #photography #nature