During my June trip through the upper Midwest I spent several days in Minnesota. The day before the Summer Solstice I arrived at Gooseberry Falls State Park on the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was a Saturday and the park was absolutely packed with people enjoying the spectacular waterfalls. Because of harsh light and the crowds of people I did very little photography that day, instead I scouted locations along the shore for the following morning’s sunrise. I woke the next morning at about 4:00 AM and could tell almost immediately that the dawn light and sunrise was going to be spectacular. I hiked down to the shore to the spots I had scouted the day before and waited for the light show to begin and Summer officially start. As you can see from the two images below I was not disappointed!
Lake Superior Summer Solstice Dawn Light
Summer Solstice Sunrise Over Lake Superior
Stephen Weaver Photography/Earth Systems Imaging : The Art of the Landscape 