Great Summer Dunes Hike -- Post 2

Today I'll post the rest of the photos from the hike I went on Sunday evening with Jamey and Lois Fite.   Most of the photos are of the sunset.  I eliminated several, but could not decide which others to remove -- so I included them all.

Dropping down below the clouds....

...a little more....

Our view from the top of a dune, looking northwest.  Magic.

Almost down below the clouds....

Free again....

...but becoming squished.   I was curious why that is, so I searched the Internet.  According to the web page http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/11/20/sunsets-are-quite-interesting/#.U9cnA7GGeukogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/11/20/sunsets-are-quite-interesting/#.U9cnA7GGeuk : "Right on the horizon, a ray of light is bent upward by about a half degree. In fact, the light from the top of the Sun is bent less than the light from the bottom, so this effectively pushes the bottom of the Sun up toward the top, squishing it! You’ve probably seen countless pictures of the Sun looking squashed on the horizon."

Now, disappearing below the horizon, but seemingly dipping into Lake Superior.

Time to head back to the car....

A few last peeks at the sunset...

Be bushwhacked through rubbery brush -- thicker than it has been for years.

Below is a photo of a raspberry like plant and berry, but there was just one berry on a very small plant, not a bush.

 

I love these giant dandelions.  This one was around five or six inches in diameter.