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Tom Gill's Photos and Comments: Heading Out
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Tom Gill's Photos and Comments. Posted by Tom Gill. Sunday, July 12, 2015. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Press and Published Work. Exhibitions, Presentations, and Workshops. Tom Gill's Lighthouse Images Featured Worldwide. Tom's photo selected as a. Weather.com Top 100 Photo of 2014. Weather.com Top 50 Science and Environment Photo of 2014. Weather.com: Strong Lake Michigan Winds. The Daily Mail (UK). To purchase prints of the images seen on this blog or on. The Daily Mail,. The Australian, . Hikin...
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Tom Gill's Photos and Comments: Sunset on the Farm
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Tom Gill's Photos and Comments. Sunset on the Farm. The end to a long day of hiking around rural Illinois was made perfect by this sunset near an old log cabin on the prairie. The light was no longer acceptable for images of the cabin, but the setting sun, windmill, and trees on the horizon yielded some great silhouettes. Temperatures dropped dramatically right as the sun hit the horizon, and storms were on the way, but we managed to complete our photographic mission without encountering any rain. And ot...
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Tom Gill's Photos and Comments: Dark Falls
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Tom Gill's Photos and Comments. Early morning at the bottom of the canyon was quite dark, even though the sun illuminated the falls and the trees some 30 feet above us. We spent the morning following trails we normally don't explore, and encountered some interesting new landscapes, but we came back to visit one of our favorite waterfalls. Posted by Tom Gill. Tuesday, June 09, 2015. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Press and Published Work. Exhibitions, Presentations, and Workshops. The Daily Mail (UK).
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Tom Gill's Photos and Comments: Severe Weather
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Tom Gill's Photos and Comments. While the storms never reached us, the distant lightning and overhead mammatus clouds kept us intrigued throughout the evening. A cold front just south of our position, stalled, and produced some severe thunderstorms that just didnt' seem to move away. Just before sunset, mammatus clouds appeared overhead, spun off from the thunderheads a few miles south. Almost constant thunder could be heard in the distance as we looked above at the unusual puffy, clouds. Environmental a...
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Tom Gill's Photos and Comments: Parallel To Shore
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Tom Gill's Photos and Comments. Kintzele Ditch runs parallel to shore on this day, virtually eliminating all of the beach on the Mt. Baldy side of the stream. Lake Michigan has eroded most of the beach over the years, and collapsed a good portion of the foredunes in this area of the National Lakeshore. Posted by Tom Gill. Thursday, June 04, 2015. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Press and Published Work. Exhibitions, Presentations, and Workshops. Tom Gill's Lighthouse Images Featured Worldwide. Melbou...
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Tom Gill's Photos and Comments: Marsh Patrol
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Tom Gill's Photos and Comments. Restoration continues in the Great Marsh of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. Efforts seem to have positive results - plenty of wildlife are calling this place home. On our last visit, we encountered numerous species of bird, water birds such as the egret in this image, several great blue herons, turtles, frogs, and lots of insects. All without looking too closely. Posted by Tom Gill. Thursday, May 28, 2015. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Press and Published Work.
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Tom Gill's Photos and Comments: West Union Covered Bridge
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Tom Gill's Photos and Comments. West Union Covered Bridge. Spanning Sugar Creek since 1876, the 315 foot long West Union covered bridge is the longest (still standing) covered bridge in Parke County, Indiana. The West Union covered bridge was built by Joseph Daniels, and uses double Burr Arch construction - one for each span. The foundation is constructed of stone, the bridge of yellow poplar, and the roof painted steel. The construction cost was between $8,000 and $16,000. Posted by Tom Gill. The Daily ...
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Tom Gill's Photos and Comments: Sculpted Dune
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Tom Gill's Photos and Comments. The dunes along the Indiana shore of Lake Michigan take a pounding by the waves during windy days. In the last few years, this erosion seems to have accelerated; much of the flat beach is gone, and full sized trees that once stood on the dunes have been washed into Lake Michigan. Looking like miniature versions of the buttes of the western United States, the complex patterns intrigued us as we hiked along the shore. Posted by Tom Gill. Wednesday, July 08, 2015. Environment...
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Tom Gill's Photos and Comments: The Neet Covered Bridge
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Tom Gill's Photos and Comments. The Neet Covered Bridge. Six miles southeast of Rockville, Indiana, stands the Neet Covered Bridge. Said to be the last covered bridge built by Joseph Daniels (a well known covered bridge contractor) the 126 foot long bridge has spanned Little Raccoon Creek since 1904. Posted by Tom Gill. Monday, August 10, 2015. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Press and Published Work. Exhibitions, Presentations, and Workshops. Tom Gill's Lighthouse Images Featured Worldwide. Environm...
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Tom Gill's Photos and Comments: Established Dune
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Tom Gill's Photos and Comments. Without natural sand replenishment, Lake Michigan is slowly eroding away these dunes. Man made structures such as the pier in Michigan City, prevent waves from carrying sand to this beach, so a prominent fore dune has not developed. Without a fore dune, this established dune is threatened by wind and waves. The dunes are an ever changing feature along the shore of Lake Michigan. They've changed every day for the last 4000 years, and won't stop anytime soon. And has earned ...
