This shot was taken today south of St.Cloud, where the Mississippi winds it’s way towards Clearwater. In a few more weeks, the ice will be gone. Stay tuned as I hope to photograph the spring ice flow.

An image of SCSU from the February 11, 2010 flight above the Beaver Islands of the Mississippi. Riverside Park and Munsinger Gardens are visible on the right.  

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Deer were crossing the river through the islands as I carefully set up to fly from the ice, but unfortunately eluded being photographed from the air.

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          As the late afternoon sun began to peek underneath the clouds today, I made some repairs to the HD plane to prepare it for a flight in the heavy snowfall. Winter presents a great opportunity to gather unique images, since there are potentially more locations to  fly from. 

          Today, in a steady easterly wind and a sky rapidly filling with snow, a low altitude flight was made from the Mississippi riverbank in Sartell. The paper mill is pictured here.

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