Category Archives: Nature

Day 188: Three Strikes

Three strikes of lightning off in the distance from Foster Beach.

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Day 186: Through the Cloud

Lightning striking through the cloud.  Photo taken from Foster Beach.

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Day 183: Cloud-to-Cloud Lightning

Cloud-to-cloud lightning refers to lightning discharges occurring between cloud areas without contacting the ground. It can be further divided into inter- and intra-cloud lightning; the former referring to lightning between two separate clouds and the latter to lightning within a … Continue reading

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Day 182: Lightning in the Storm

Taken from Montrose Harbor looking North East over the lake, you can see the bolts of lightning and the rain coming down over the lake.

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Day 181: Lightning Strikes

Here is a great shot of the lightning from the storm last night over the lake from Foster Ave Beach.  

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Day 165: Breathe

Caught in an exhale under water, this polar bear was going for a swim late in the afternoon at the Lincoln Park Zoo.

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Day 163: Melancholy

If there was one word to describe this photo, melancholy is it.  This poor rhino was very sad that his friend was on the other side of the wall from him and all he wanted to do was be with … Continue reading

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Day 160: Foggy Skyline

As I am sure you know if you live in the city of Chicago, it’s a foggy night out already. I just love the way the fog engulfs the city…leaves the city with an erie feeling. This photo was taken … Continue reading

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Day 157: Hungry Hungry Hippo

hip, hip hop, hip hop anonymous… (nice quote from Big Daddy) Perfect timing at the Lincoln Park Zoo.

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Day 154: Sunset behind the Aragon

Here is a photo of the sun setting behind the Aragon Ballroom.

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