Tag: Grand River

  • Testing a Workflow

    And it looks like the workflow worked. This is the Grand River, taken from the Sixth Street Bridge in Grand Rapids, facing north.

  • Salmon Season

    The Salmon Are Running

    Looks kind of like an invasion fleet.

  • Night Photos of the Grand River

    Ice at the Sixth Street Bridge Dam
    Ice hanging from a tree stuck on the edge of the Sixth Street Bridge dam, near the fish ladder.
    30 second exposure.

    Grand River At Night
    Ice on a rock in the middle of the Grand River, near the Sixth Street Bridge dam.
    60 second exposure.

    Grand Rapids from the Fish Ladder 3
    Looking East at the medical mile from the fish ladder.
    15 second exposure.

    Grand Rapids from the Fish Ladder 1
    Looking East at the medical mile from the fish ladder. The line of lights across the sky is a plane approaching the airport.
    30 second exposure.

    Grand Rapids from the Fish Ladder 2
    Looking East at the medical mile from the fish ladder.
    15 second exposure.

  • A Tragedy Which Affects Us All

    Due to budget cutbacks, the City of Grand Rapids has had to remove the lighthouse beacons from the Grand River at the base of the Sixth Street Bridge Dam. This has had disastrous consequences.

    Turtle on the Rocks

    Turtle Sunning on the Rocks in the Grand River

    Turtle on the Rocks in the Grand River

    TURTLES have been RUNNING AGROUND on the ROCKS!!!! Without beacons marking the deeper channels, turtles can’t avoid the rocks as they build up speed to leap the dam on their annual migrations northward.

    Please: Think of the Turtles.

  • Ducks are Slow Learners

    Living Dangerously

    The reason ducks are so buoyant is THEIR HEADS ARE EMPTY!

  • It Ain’t Easy Bein’ a Duck ’round Here

    Duck at the Dam

    This afternoon, while taking a break from writing code, I watched a young duck mis-judge the current and get swept over the Sixth Street Bridge dam. Fortunately, ducks are quite buoyant and this one made it to safety after a minute of being tumbled about in the turbulence at the base of the dam.

  • Grand River, This Morning

    Fish ladder, 8:45am 11 February 2008

    Sixth Street Bridge Dam, 8:45am 11 February 2008

    Boat lauch sign

    Yes, that is steam rising off the river. The air was about 33 degrees colder than the water. Thus, condensation and frost.

  • Ice Jam ’08, part III

    Grand River at the Sixth Street Bridge, 7 February 2008
    February 7

    Grand River at the Sixth Street Bridge, 7 February 2008
    February 7

    Grand River at the Sixth Street Bridge, 7 February 2008
    February 7

    Grand River at the Sixth Street Bridge, 8 February 2008
    February 8

    Grand River at the Sixth Street Bridge, 8 February 2008
    February 8