Freshwater Hurricane Lake Superior October 10 2018
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- October 10, 2018
Crystal Bay, Tettegouche State Park, Lake Superior, North Shore, Minnesota.
After unsuccessfully chasing a rare Sabine's Gull on Duluth, Minnesota's Park Point, I realized how big the waves on Lake Superior were. I knew that the wind had been blowing hard all night, but I hadn't put 2 and 2 together...Until I saw the flooding in Canal Park. The parking lot by Duluth's canal and Marine Museum was already flooded and closed off. I parked as close as I could and skirted the floodwaters behind a hotel. Sheltering in a cluster of pine trees some 100 feet from the shoreline, I started snapping photos. Every few minutes, a series of bigger waves would roll in and explode around the East Breakwall Lighthouse (photo below). I had to frequently turn my back on the lake and shelter my camera from the spray. I had rubber knee-high boots on and a rain coat, but it did little to protect me when a massive wave broke out of my peripheral vision and soaked me up to my waist. This wave must have been significantly bigger than the rest since up to this point only a couple times had the water even reached me. Time to go!
I headed up the North Shore for Tettegouche State Park. The huge rhyolite cliffs there are at a perfect angle for taking on the giant waves of a nor'easter storm. I called my photographer friend Paul Sundberg who intimately knows the photo opportunities on the North Shore (See his website here). It was no surprise that when he answered his cell phone I could hear the wailing wind in the background. He was already shooting the super-waves. He pointed me towards Crystal Bay on Lake Superior near Illgen City. He said the fall colors made for a unique shot since most big storms happen in late spring (no leaves) or during the "Gales of November" (leaves all gone). Paul is very generous with his info and I thanked him as we crossed paths at the spot. He'd already been shooting for a couple hours and was headed to find lunch. I took his spot.
The highest cliffs in these photos are about 80 feet tall I believe. That puts some amazing perspective to these monster waves. I took photos with my Canon 7D and Canon 70-200mm f4 lens, while simultaneously shooting video with my Panasonic GH5 on a tripod next to me. I didn't record good audio just because I didn't think about it. Wish I would have.
Sparky Stensaas (sparkystensaas@hotmail.com)
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I would rather hear the lake, than the music. Thanks.
indeed, why do people always add annoying music even though the recording itself has sound?
Probably cause mic was just picking up wind, you’d never hear any waves
10-4
They ripped of this video from Dennis at Duluth harbor cam and added the crappy music
@@randytech9752 Wrong Randy Tech...Just the opposite. It is mine.
Music does little to enhance the video.
Let us hear the unadulterated sounds of Superior in full blow!
Id say the music actually diminishes the video.
This music is good for driving fast with a pair of shades on open roads with no one in sight
@@MontanaWeatherby Dude....Spot-on! This would go great throbbing from my speakers as I traverse East to West and vice versa across the backroads and by-ways of the great state and land of enchantment, New Mexico! I usually check in to satellite Jazz (Dave K., Mindy A., Wayman T., Marc A., Rippingt---, Norah J., Jessie J., Wendy W., The Chieftan--(Ooops, oh well, guess we could call that Irish Jazz!). But this would definitely help the miles go by. Kind of reminds of music I heard one night when I thought I had almost reached the end of the internet and came across "Techno-Viking". I could see doing this in an auto or on an old cruiser bike....sunshine, SPF 3000, pair of RayBan Clubmasters, wind, open road, cruising at full "impulse" power....FREEDOM!
Be well and stay safe, MW! Thanks for reminding me there's a time and a place for everything!
Superior sings in the rooms of her ice-water mansion.
My dad was a Great Lakes sailor for many years when I was young. He would tell stories of some of the storms...and I have some of his pictures. Amazing power in those waters.
Jesus lord and Christ. The Fitzgerald and the Anderson fought through that.
Ahh Superior, one of the worlds few fresh water oceans...
Never underestimate the power of The Great Lakes.
I am from Florida and have gone through many hurricanes, I can tell you that these waves are terrifying
So violent! I swam in that lake when I was a child, but on much calmer days.
Interesting fact I read: If you sprawled all the water from Lake Superior out over the entire United States it would be a foot deep across the entire country. That's 3,000,000,000,000,000 -- or 3 quadrillion gallons. That's 10 million gallons per person in America. Let that sink in.
Probably provides water for surrounding states man.
@@markdinkel9006 most of the larger cities in Michigan have pipes that originate at one of the great lakes. And then because the processed waste water is returned, there is little net loss to the lakes.
It takes about four hundred years for all the water in superior to get exchanged.
Sweet Jesus... I thought the Pacific was rough. These waves are no joke.
Jaesung Edward Lee I have left on the shores of Lake Ontario in my entire life, but have also lived in various communities on both sides of the border along all of the great lakes. I’ve also been through the Atlantic and Pacific during storm season, and I can tell you without exaggeration that the great lakes are far more vicious than the ocean. I’m not a diver, but several of my friends are, most of them have drove all over the world, but they said they’ve never encountered currents as strong as the ones in the great lakes, especially Lake Michigan, which is the only great lake entirely within the United States, but it gets some absolutely unbelievable huge storms and waves over 50 feet high, That are absolutely relentless, and have sunk many freighters that called great lakes home. My diving friends said great lakes are some of the best wreckage diving on earth, in certain sections, he said you can actually just swim from wreckage to wreckage without ever having to go up to the boat. I’m usually a Land lover, But I have to admit that the water calls to me, but knowing how unpredictable the weather can be on the great lakes, I seldom venture too far from shore. I’ve had a lot of friends lose their boats, and almost their lives, when they went out for a nice day of fishing, with a clear sunny forecast. Then before they know it, they are covered by black clouds and near hurricane force winds, not something you want to face if you’re in the side a tiny 20 foot aluminum boat. It gets tossed around like a toy in the bathtub! Luckily the waters around in Toronto where I live, are generally pretty calm, but that’s just because of geographical favoritism, there’s a small little niche that spares us from the worst of mother nature, but venture anywhere outside that area, and anything can happen. Everyone knows the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald, it sunk within seconds, not even enough time to send out a call for help, that’s but one of the thousands of ships that litter the Great Lakes bottoms. You truly have to respect the water, because it can be a force that’s completely unstoppable, and often extremely deadly, if you don’t pay proper respect to nature. That may sound a bit corny but it’s true. I think I have extra respect for the water because I come from a naval lineage, I am the only man in my family that didn’t serve in the Canadian Royal Navy, but going as far back as my great great grandfather, every member of my family has served, and some of them died, while in the Navy, so it’s in my blood. The only reason I never served was because of my health, I have Crohn’s disease, and one of the most severe cases ever seen, which prevented me from signing up and enlisting in the navy. I hate that I was never allowed to fulfil my destiny, and follow in my family’s footsteps, but I did the next best thing by spending all of my life on the Great Lakes, and as well the ocean, having more family than I can count in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, many of whom are fisherman, I at least got to do that for a while, but I almost lost my life doing it. Remember that movie called the perfect storm? Well it just so happens that I was out in the fishing trawler on the very day that triple whammer hit.... it was a good sized trailer, approximately 150 feet long, with quite a large crew, but when mother nature turns up the oceans and the lakes to a point where they’re boiling with fury, whitecaps over 50 feet high, it didn’t matter if you were in the titanic, we could’ve easily Been sent straight to the bottom by those huge unbelievably fishes waves, not to mention the hurricane Force Gail’s that we had to steam our way through, to get back to shore. Almost every man on that boat with seasoned fisherman, most of them being at least 50 years old and having spent their entire lives on the water, when you see them starting to pray, you know you’re in deep shit! I don’t think I’ve ever been that scared in my life, but we made it back to the safety of Saint johns harbour in Newfoundland, and not by much. We had taken on so much water from those ferocious waves, that it totally overwhelmed the pumps, and by the time we docked, The deck of the ship which usually road at least 20 feet above the water, was now level with the water from the weight of all that extra water flooding the hull! I don’t think I’ve ever been so happy to set foot on solid ground! It was still one hell of a storm on the land, but I literally Neil down and kissed the pavement on the dock! A lot of people think I should write a book about my experiences, and I may do just that, life on the water is a life unlike no other, and it’s definitely not for everybody, as well as I said earlier I seldom venture very far away from sure, I have gone a lot further, especially when I was younger, and a lot more naïve. After your first hurricane force scale, you quickly learn to respect the oceans in the lakes, and in my case, it actually scared me from going back out ever again after that perfect storm. It wasn’t do you just that. The coming together of three massive weather systems, was like a nuclear bomb going off! It’s sink ships almost 1000 feet long, but luckily we somehow survived, unfortunately not everyone was as lucky. That day held a very high death toll, and I’ll never forget it as long as I live. My bottom line? Never underestimate the power of water, and nature, it’s a combination that can be both beautiful and life-sustaining, or terrifying in life ending!
@@GIguy wow!!
@@GIguy that's the longest youtube comment I have ever seen. Interesting article.
@@GIguy It's crazy how underestimated the Great Lakes are. I feel that if people stopped looking at them as being just regular lakes then fewer people would die. I grew up beside Lake Huron. BTW, I suggest Tobermory and the Grotto as great diving locations. Have fun!!!!
I live right here on the mighty Lake Michigan and you are 100% correct. And I agree you should write that book I would love to read it. I could picture everything you were ecplaining like I was right there to see with my own eyes. It would be an amazing book.
I would never associate weather like this to a lake. It’s more like a severe Atlantic storm we sometimes get here in the SW UK. Incredible footage
Keep in mind that lake superior is the second largest lake in the world (by surface area). Only the black sea is larger.
They get winds from many directions add the tides. The Lakes don't roll like the Oceans .. It becomes a butter churn with no directions to the waves just continously being tossed by a circle of Gods. Big Ships stay home starting in November .. They will ship on Lakes Michigan and Huron all winter, but they get off Superior.
"Michigan" is the Chippewa Indian word for "Big Water". They are big, beautiful, and unforgiving! Michigan.org
I've heard it said that they should be classified as fresh water seas, they're so big!
Go look up all the ship wrecks we have had. Lake Superior is the biggest. they get 30 or 40 foot waves
Lake Superior is just beautiful, and stunning..... She can get very angry!!! Come to our State, Michigan you will fall in love with it....🌲🌲🌲🌲.....
Thanks Cynthia! I love the UP and I’ve been there many times. We go at least once a year. But I’m a Minnesota boy through and through. :-)
Wonderful photography. Welcome to the Great Lakes. Thank you for posting this! Gives you a whole new appreciation for our light house engineers from a hundred tears ago, doesn't it?
Wow that is one wicked Lake! The mixture of waves and the cold water temperatures is terrifying!
Yeah... I'm guessing that's why they call it "Superior", and Superior is one Lake you don't want to piss off or mess around with.
That's amazing. Great work Sparky.
Holy cow!! These are massive waves, nice capture! We were there on the north side in Ontario Canda Lake Superior Provincial Park. Awesome experience..
The slow mo! How awesome!
Unreal love it cept the music.
I was there in the summer to see pictured rocks. Can't imagine waves crashing over the tops at over 100ft!
Keep in mind those trees are 20-30ft tall! Tat should give a good perspective.
Love the Great Lakes. I've seen huge waves like this usually in the fall and spring.
Who knew Lake Superior is into techno?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAGA
And it totally sucks!
She isn't and that's exactly why she's hurling!
I was just looking through the stories of the Edmund Fitzgerald and seeing how powerful the lake can be makes it easier to understand
Great video, horrible music, let nature speak for itself.
You are free to turn the volume off on your own device.
@Craig G You´re right. When the music starts i stopped the video. Many greetings from Germany. Viele Grüße aus Deutschland.
@@SparkyStensaas yeah I stopped watching when the music turned on. Hot garbage just let us here it naturally.
@@SparkyStensaas I muted my browser as soon as the music came in. But, the ambient sounds would be hugely preferable.
Instead of everyone complaining about the shitty music and wanting to just hear the waves, just go search up a waves video. This isn't meant to be some sort of calming video this man literally uploaded this video for free out of his own time. Turn your volume off, or just dont watch the video.
I just put depeche mode on over it and works just as good
I see a lot of questions on cliff and tree size. Split Rock light house is near by, look up pics to get an idea of size. Also, the trees are between 10 to 20'. They shot the end of good son here because new England didn't look new England enough lol
That's hilarious! 😂
If the trees weren't there you'd think those waves were about fifty times smaller...
This is gorgeous.
Great video! Thank you for taking the time to post it!
Over 6,000 ships have been sunk on the Great Lakes. This one is the worst of the lot. If the waves don't get you, the icy, frigid water will.
When we think of a lake we tend to think of a few white caps a small ripple on the water. If i didnt know this was a like from the description i would say your full of it with waves like this. Crazy to think this is a fresh water lake.
I would have never imagined still waters to be so violent these are 20 ft waves on a still water lake ,Amazing .
The Lakes are not still though. They have currents and riptides. "Lakes" is misleading; they are inland seas.
These waves are way, way larger than 20ft. Try more like 100 feet, those pine trees by themselves are taller than 20 feet.
These waters are very rarely still .
Wow.... oh my god.... thank you for uploaded this video...
Beautiful place. That aside, there is a weather phenomena that creates the big waves this time of year. It has to do with the air temperature becoming equal to the water temperature. I'm not sure if there is a name for this but I studied it in college; been too long ago for me to recall the details. This event creates "The Gales of November", caused the sinking of The Edmund Fitzgerald, and is creating the beautiful sight you have captured in this video.
Love the music. Really enhanced the experience.
Spectacular video; however....
... when the disco tech "music" was queued, I thought that it became a Progressive Insurance add and anticipating to Flo's voice.
EXACTLY THE POINT IN TIME WHERE I STOPPED WATCHING!!
@@larryslemp9698 LOL
Absolutely fantastic
THIS IS INSAAAANE. Well Captured Sarky
Первый русский комментарий. Это невероятно. Мощь и буйство матушки природы, не имеет границ. Такое увидеть своими глазами, впечатлений хватит на всю жизнь. Мороз по телу и какая то завораживающая сила, взгляд невозможно отвести. Автор мой респект. Привет из Москвы
Наконец-то родная речь !!!
Полностью согласна !! Есть же места красивые. Да еще снимали с очень выгодной позиции..обворожительно !!! Люблю на волны смотреть !! Хотя не была ни разу на море..какой же ветер сильный чтоб поднять тысячи тонн воды на такую высоту.. природа сильна !!!
Здравствуйте. Снова я здесь. Адриана а Вы видели видео этого же места но в зимнем варианте ?? Тоже место те же скалы...но зимой. Красиво как в сказке !!!
@@ЗауреСуюнова-е2ь Добрый вечер, Зауре Суюнова! Сейчас посмотрела еще раз, аж дух захватывает, силища невероятная и прекрасная, страшная и завораживающая. Так и слышатся строки А.С.Пушкина Сказка о царе Салтане. "Ты, волна моя, волна! Ты гульлива и вольна; Плещещь ты, куда захочешь, Ты морские камни точишь, Топишь берег ты земли, Подымаешь корабли - Не губи ты нашу душу: Выплесни ты нас на сушу!"
@@АдрианаКучеренко-ю9к боже мой...у нас мысли как сошлись !!! Я ведь тоже об этой сказке подумала...вернее перед глазами встала картина из этой сказки когда видео смотрела !! 😍 Царицу и Гвидона...и всех персонажей в руссой одежде !! Так красиво. И этот утес и море , особенно деревья...ель и сосны..
Пушкин Гений...!!! я всегда это говорю.
Спасибо за отзыв !!!
@@ЗауреСуюнова-е2ь Зауре это прекрасно и восхитительно, что так совпали наши мысли и желания! Русская классика - наши родники, что нас окрамляют, питают живой водой и возвращают к жизни. Дарить ее чистоту нашим деткам и внукам. Помните слова А.С. Пушкина пролог к поэме "Руслан и Людмила" Там русский дух, там Русью пахнет. Вот невероятный факт. Это озеро, Бог знает где находится, на другом краю Земли. А сколько приятных и дорогих сердцу ассоциаций, как будто оно рядом.
Beautiful footage!
By the way, all of the Great Lakes produce waves this big; the other lakes just don't have big cliffs for the waves to crash into like on Lake Superior.
Yes. They all produce large waves, but the highest wave ever recorded on Lake Eerie was 19' and the other lakes just don't have the volume or type of topography to generate waves like Superior does.
I've been to every great lake during almost every season and none of them compare to Superior.
Records:
Lake Superior: 29'
Lake Michigan: 23'
Lake Huron: 24'
Lake Eerie: 19'
Lake Ontario: 25'
Great shots! Amazing.
The great lakes can produce massive waves but not nearly as large as the ocean. It's not the size that makes them so dangerous it's the frequency, large waves on the lakes are closer together and the short distance between the crest and trough that makes them so mean.
True November through February is when experienced surfers go to Hawaii. HUGE waves. Wish I was there.
Actually no, waves in ocean storms are just as close together as waves in the lakes. It's not until the wind stops blowing and the waves calm down that ocean waves become more peaceful and farther apart. The physics are almost exactly the same for ocean waves and lake waves.
@@theotherbumblebug3880 not exactly. Go ride in both. Sailors claim the lakes ride like a washing machine. There is a big difference....e.xperience is the best teacher
This could be because of the fact that almost every swell in the Great Lakes never becomes a fully formed wave (wherein the waves reach the maximum possible size for the speed of the wind). In the oceans, the waves often have more than enough time to reach their full size for the wind speed. It might be that as the waves reach full size, they become longer period and farther apart. But other than this, I do believe the physics are pretty much the same for lake and ocean.
@@theotherbumblebug3880 replying to the other guy too. A big difference is also the salinity. The lake is much "heavier" feeling, adding to the strength. Freaky sailing during a gale
Amazing power of the lake!!
Seen this many times...it never gets old!! TO ALL YOU NAYSAYERS, REMEMBER...GEEZ, IT IS ONLY A LAKE!!
Watch this video with no sound while listening to Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Incredible. No need for music though. The lake is the music.
was out there in a canoe that day---piece of cake--going fishing next week north sea in a pontoon boat
A week or so before this i was solo camping at 12 mile beach campground.....Picture Rocks National Shoreline....definitely got by gail force winds then too!!
Hmm I can see how the SS Bannockburn just "disappeared" now. I live on Lake Michigan and had no idea Superior had such massive waves.
Great videography! Thanks for sharing. Just a reminder though, never, ever turn your back on the ocean or the Great Lakes!
Amazing power, hard to fathom that its a lake
Lindíssimo vídeo! Parabéns 👏👏👏
The waves were ok, but the music was AMAZING!
Great footage
Glad you enjoyed it!
The Lakes are some beautiful country !
“The lake she is said, never gives up her dead, when the gales of November come early….”
Do you know how fast the winds where blowing? Nice video!
Thats where they shot the cliff scene in 'the good son'
Evan Fritts home alone meets psycho.
Palisade head!! I learned to repel off that thing!
Nothing like Superior 👍
Ain’t that the truth!
@@SparkyStensaas yuppp
This gorgeous footage and sound of the waves is inexplicably _ruined_ by the crap “music” inserted by the videographer! What were you _thinking?!?_ I would bet a lot of money that nobody who watched this footage would think that the awful “music” enhanced the sound and fury of Lake Superior. Horrible!!
Jeez. Those are trees! And the waves dwarf them.
as was sung by the great Stan Rogers "... and I have told that man a 100 times, don't take the lakes for granted, they go from nought to a 100 miles so fast they seem enchanted"
Great lyrics! … and so true for Lake Superior
The moody big sis of the Great Lakes
I never knew this happened up there. So crazy
Can y'all just make a vid WITHOUT the damn music please. It's distracting
Lake Superior is no joke!
That’s for sure!
Beautiful.
Music is unnecessary and intrusive - I'm gone. There are others who captured the same storm, same spot, authentic sounds.
You are free to turn the volume off on your own device.
@@SparkyStensaas Nope, for many of us the sounds of the waves and the wind are an integral part of the experience, whether in person or via video. Best wishes to you and to your viewers who enjoy this style.
And the water is ice cold all year. Got hit by a wave once
Imagine talking a walk through the forest and a wave suddenly hits you.
Right! That would be crazy!
This lake must be dangerous anytime of the year.
itis
It is bone achingly cold when swimming, even when in summer calm. Cooling off after a long day hiking was a mistake.
Largest fresh water body in the world. Add hurricane wind - 50 foot waves. You are advised to stay on high ground.
🇨🇦💎🇨🇦💎🇨🇦 The big white teeth of Lake suchus, I’m telling you God doing all he can 🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊
those haveto be the power of the great lakes .
How big are the waves?
I imagine they were hitting 30 feet up on the cliff.
IF I'M NOT MISTAKING...THOSE CLIFFS THERE ARE APPROX. 120' HIGH
🌊🏄♀️ Surf's up! Let's go! 🤙🏾😎
Dude winter surfing at cove Shebo
ygan wisc lake Michigan. Barrels but you need boots. Hood, thick drysuit. It's cold.
Shaka
In Costa Rica I told a life gaurd I was from Minnesota. He said he was just surfing there.
The lake that sunk the Edmund Fitzgerald
Mike Avery and like 900 other boats and ships
The Edmund sank in Lake Michigan not Superior
@@AnnaMorris411 The Edmund Fitzgerald sunk in Superior
@@AnnaMorris411 the Carl D. Bradley sank in Lake Michigan
Whatbis this a 1980s training video with this music
You are free to turn the volume off on your own device.
I believe these cliffs are up to 80' high.
yo, what happened to a crystal clear water then? 🤔
The cliffs erode in storm. Lake Superior is very clear in normal weather.
Impressive waves. Thank you. Where exactly on the North Shore is this?
Minnesota .. So not a north shore .. North shore is Canadian. South Shore is U.S.
@@rhondaserges5136 Um MN has a portion of the North Shore of Superior. It's literally called the North Shore. No one said it's the only northern shore.
Those trees are like: woooooooooo!
I have to get a wet suit and go for a fun swim there next time a storm likes this pops up
I snorkel in on the north shore. First time you jump in your lungs don't work lol...but it's amazing because it's bahamas clear and the boulders are HUGE
Brave!
Those are 80 feet waves
Yes and no. They're breaking way over 50' cliffs, but waves are actually measured from "trough" to "crest" and the highest ever recorded on Superior was 29'. Although, many believe the wave that sunk the Edmund Fitzgerald was over 30'.
I would love to find a print of the photos,, if you can help me let me know..please.
I guess the gales of November came early
And I love my home land😬
How big is the cliff , how tall are the trees?
The cliff is around 50-60 ft I believe. It’s definitely up above the surface of the water
She’s magnificent
She sure is!!
WTH with the music dude?
You are free to turn the volume off on your own device.
Incredible footage, but the techno ruined it for me. Typically, you can get this type of soundtrack with Jet Ski commercials, to cover up the noise.
You are free to turn the volume off on your own device.
@@SparkyStensaas, you don't get it they want to hear the storm/lake. Can't do that with the sound off.
Can't believe that this is a lake...!
I live near it, and always regretted that it wasn't a sea. Until I saw the ocean and realized that Lake Superior was indeed a sea--but better-smelling.
@@bnic9471 you are lucky to live there...
@@southtonorth-original I suppose I am. It is an hour's drive away, though, and I don't get to the shore often. The water is always clean and frigid; very nice for a splash on a hot summer's day.
@@bnic9471 😍😍😍
Why would you put music to this video ? 🙁🙁
No natural sounds as wind far too strong for audio
Freshwater waves are more violent. The sodium holds the water together. Fresh is much more unpredictable.
Didn’t know that about the sodium! Thx!
stopped watching after the music started. too bad.
You are free to turn the volume off on your own device.
not too scary if you imagine those trees are only a foot or two tall.
Ha! True.
What track is this?
A Lake Superior Tree and Cliff wash
It wasn’t exhilarating day!
And that’s why so many ships sunk in this lake
It had snowed on the Gunflint Tr. and Grand Maris custard shop personnel were frantically cleaning up a flooded dining area. Driving toward Duluth, the Superior water didn't look very superior with it's intense reddish-brown color. Perhaps l the lake had turned upside down.