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Eagle Harbor, upper Peninsula of Michigan at sunset

Looking west across Lake Superior from Eagle Harbor, Michigan, where earth, water, and sky meet in unusual and colorful ways. The heavy concentration of copper ore in the beach rocks, normally greenish in the daylight, turns purple in the rays of a sunset.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2023
Date Uploaded: 11.2023
Photo Location: Eagle Harbor, Michigan, United States of America
Camera: SM-G991U
Copyright: © Timothy Aines