A_franklins_son Member Username: A_franklins_son
Post Number: 46 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.42.242.129
| Posted on Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 2:16 am: | |
A few shots of the sun setting on this wonderful night... http://i97.photobucket.com/alb ums/l206/robot_77/Sunsets/P101 0018qq.jpg http://i97.photobucket.com/alb ums/l206/robot_77/Sunsets/P101 0019rr.jpg http://i97.photobucket.com/alb ums/l206/robot_77/Sunsets/P101 0020ss.jpg http://i97.photobucket.com/alb ums/l206/robot_77/Sunsets/P101 0023uu.jpg |
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy
Post Number: 3687 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 69.47.100.44
| Posted on Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 2:24 am: | |
Simply amazing. We do live in a gorgeous world. It's just that every now and then we need to look up and appreciate it. |
Mike Member Username: Mike
Post Number: 748 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.41.93.235
| Posted on Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 2:25 am: | |
very nice. its very humbling. |
Messykitty Member Username: Messykitty
Post Number: 133 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 71.34.65.194
| Posted on Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 6:28 am: | |
Those are probably nice photos, but I'm too pissed off about losing our Marhsall Field's heritage to appreciate them. (Message edited by messykitty on September 02, 2006) |
Miss_cleo Member Username: Miss_cleo
Post Number: 245 Registered: 05-2005 Posted From: 69.19.14.21
| Posted on Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 8:45 am: | |
ugh, now imagine that scene with no power lines or houses messin up the sunset, its way better in Charlevoix people! |
Andyguard73 Member Username: Andyguard73
Post Number: 110 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 68.42.80.245
| Posted on Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 9:41 am: | |
I actually thought they provide some nice contrast, Miss_Cleo. Beautiful pictures, A_Franklin, thanks for sharing them. (Message edited by andyguard73 on September 02, 2006) |
Miss_cleo Member Username: Miss_cleo
Post Number: 246 Registered: 05-2005 Posted From: 69.19.14.21
| Posted on Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 10:17 am: | |
lol, trees provide the contrast up here! Those are nice shots of the sky, its the other stuff that takes away the beauty |
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan
Post Number: 4325 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.177.81.18
| Posted on Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 10:21 am: | |
Miss, I'm completely baffled by why you even bother with a messageboard about a city as large as Detroit. You obviously prefer and are enamored with rural life, and I don't understand what would interest you about Detroit. Could you provide us some insight? |
Hardhat Member Username: Hardhat
Post Number: 170 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.218.78.190
| Posted on Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 12:28 pm: | |
I came in from walking my dog last night and told my wife that that was the most beautiful sunset I'd ever seen. Thanks for the pics. |
Amy_p
Member Username: Amy_p
Post Number: 701 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.209.184.121
| Posted on Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 12:30 pm: | |
Nice, A_franklins_son. I saw that gorgeous sky from Campus Martius last night; the color was brilliant. As for the power lines, I find they add a special poignancy to the urban beauty. I wrote an entire essay based on this picture from my old Hamtown backdoor:
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Janesback Member Username: Janesback
Post Number: 60 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 69.153.29.77
| Posted on Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 12:31 pm: | |
Miss Cleo, are you up in Charlevoix? If you are, is the old Loeb farm still up and runnig? Thanks, Jane |
Ordinary Member Username: Ordinary
Post Number: 17 Registered: 06-2006 Posted From: 68.79.93.248
| Posted on Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 12:43 pm: | |
A Franklin Son, Nice pictures. I like the first one best. Miss Cleo, Isn't it just so wonderful that you live in perfect world? |
7even Member Username: 7even
Post Number: 104 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 198.109.26.18
| Posted on Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 12:54 pm: | |
From UDM 8.31.2006 (Message edited by 7even on September 02, 2006) |
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936
Post Number: 776 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 68.96.231.230
| Posted on Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 2:59 pm: | |
Nice shots. I really miss the nice sunsets in Detroit and Michigan in general. In the Las Vegas valley, where I'm at, nice sunsets are rare. First, because there's usually no cloud cover of any kind, and second, because the sun dips behind the mountains to the west way before astronomical sunset. So thanks for posting those! Memories....... |
The_rock Member Username: The_rock
Post Number: 1377 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.42.251.225
| Posted on Saturday, September 02, 2006 - 3:40 pm: | |
The Loeb estate is alive and well. I think its called Castle Farms. I believe it is now being run by the late owner's daughter. It has become a popular spot for weddings. It had previously gotten a little out of hand with the rock concerts which kept the local police quite busy and many of the locals upset. I believe the late owner was former attorney Art Riebel with whom I went to law school. And I thoroughly enjoyed the Charlevoix sunsets for the ten years we were up there as well as the sun rises over Lake Charlevoix. But I still saw some pretty decent Detroit sunsets out of my my windows from both the 32nd floor of the Guardian Building and the 15th floor of 333 W. Fort Street. Charlevoix does not have a monopoly on sunsets in my book. |
Mani Member Username: Mani
Post Number: 116 Registered: 07-2006 Posted From: 68.60.182.26
| Posted on Sunday, September 03, 2006 - 11:08 pm: | |
I am sorry but all of these pictures are lame. |
Hardhat Member Username: Hardhat
Post Number: 171 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.218.78.190
| Posted on Monday, September 04, 2006 - 5:34 pm: | |
Mani, you're right, you are sorry. |
Kilgore_south Member Username: Kilgore_south
Post Number: 163 Registered: 05-2005 Posted From: 70.60.16.95
| Posted on Monday, September 04, 2006 - 6:52 pm: | |
Here's another lame picture for Mani. It came out kinda blurry but it's the 09/01 sunset reflected on the Ren Cen. Picture from the upper upper deck of Comerica during the game.
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Ghetto_butterfly
Member Username: Ghetto_butterfly
Post Number: 645 Registered: 09-2004 Posted From: 68.60.139.186
| Posted on Monday, September 04, 2006 - 9:12 pm: | |
Here is how a Detroit sunset, as so beautifully captured by Franklin, paints the interior of my home:
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Bearinabox Member Username: Bearinabox
Post Number: 38 Registered: 04-2006 Posted From: 75.13.146.126
| Posted on Monday, September 04, 2006 - 9:48 pm: | |
Miss_cleo, If you really want Charlevoix to stay devoid of houses and powerlines for the foreseeable future, wouldn't it be in your best interest not to announce to the world how wonderful it is? That's right, just stay in your own little isolated bubble 15 miles from your nearest neighbour and don't worry about us sunset-deprived ignoramuses stuck in the city. |
Mani Member Username: Mani
Post Number: 118 Registered: 07-2006 Posted From: 68.60.182.26
| Posted on Monday, September 04, 2006 - 11:45 pm: | |
Kilgore_south, come on that picture is bloody awful. If that is the best you can do, why bother? That image is picture incorrect in many ways. The warm sunset projecting onto Ghetto_butterflies wall is very nice, makes me want to take a snuggly nap. |
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine
Post Number: 1264 Registered: 05-2005 Posted From: 198.208.159.18
| Posted on Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 8:33 am: | |
at least atmospheric pollution is good for one thing... |
Amy_p
Member Username: Amy_p
Post Number: 703 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 198.208.251.21
| Posted on Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 9:36 am: | |
Mani = 118 posts too many. |
Itsjeff
Member Username: Itsjeff
Post Number: 6769 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 208.27.111.125
| Posted on Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 9:40 am: | |
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Janesback Member Username: Janesback
Post Number: 63 Registered: 08-2006 Posted From: 69.152.232.139
| Posted on Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 10:55 am: | |
thanks Miss Cleo for the update. I think the old Loeb estate was torn down in the 70s in Hyde Park, south Chicago. So much money, so much tragedy. Again, thanks. Jane |
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine
Post Number: 1268 Registered: 05-2005 Posted From: 198.208.159.18
| Posted on Tuesday, September 05, 2006 - 11:23 am: | |
was that for me itsjeff? lol |