Twilight
A special thanks to those who offered their perspective on the nature of Nips' Conniptions. Upon reflection, the current format still tends to the stated goal of the blog, and the stated goal has remained unchanged. Generating thousands of comments per post is neither in the cards, nor a desirable outcome/benchmark.
That said, I have pictures to offer. As you may recall, last fall I took some very crisp pictures of the falls and such. For fun, I decided to try to replicate a few of them in the evening hours. This turned out to be a bit of a challenge since my knee is two legs short of a tripod-- and I was using a two second exposure. Also, I had two cameras that both had dead batteries. I'm sure I looked like a crazy, flitting about, propping myself and my cameras against trees, railings, rocks, ledges, and construction materials, all while trying to conserve batteries and not get mugged. To which, I was met with success.
Here are a few of the group:
The Pillsbury "A" Mill Tailrace: The colon of what was once the largest and most powerful water-powered flour mill in the world. Water rushing through the turbine exited here, below the St. Anthony Falls, to begin it's voyage down the Mississippi. (Now you can see why I was worried about getting mugged).
The University of Minnesota St. Anthony Fall Laboratory: The University has the facilities to route bits of the Mississippi through it's buildings for test purposes. And it is super gorgeous. Super, super gorgeous.
The West Bank: The Mill City Museum (The destroyed mill ruins) resides next to the new Guthrie theater at the foot of the falls, just beside the very first lock on the entire Mississippi.
Minneapolis beds down: It was a pretty gross weekend, to be sure. Perhaps that is why the IDS is being so modest.
Hennepin Ave Bridge, as seen from below the Third Ave Bridge and upper horseshoe falls. The falls were constructed to allow debris to collect without disrupting the river flow. And collect, it does.
Downtown from the Third Ave Bridge. Kinda cool.
That said, I have pictures to offer. As you may recall, last fall I took some very crisp pictures of the falls and such. For fun, I decided to try to replicate a few of them in the evening hours. This turned out to be a bit of a challenge since my knee is two legs short of a tripod-- and I was using a two second exposure. Also, I had two cameras that both had dead batteries. I'm sure I looked like a crazy, flitting about, propping myself and my cameras against trees, railings, rocks, ledges, and construction materials, all while trying to conserve batteries and not get mugged. To which, I was met with success.
Here are a few of the group:
The Pillsbury "A" Mill Tailrace: The colon of what was once the largest and most powerful water-powered flour mill in the world. Water rushing through the turbine exited here, below the St. Anthony Falls, to begin it's voyage down the Mississippi. (Now you can see why I was worried about getting mugged).
The University of Minnesota St. Anthony Fall Laboratory: The University has the facilities to route bits of the Mississippi through it's buildings for test purposes. And it is super gorgeous. Super, super gorgeous.
The West Bank: The Mill City Museum (The destroyed mill ruins) resides next to the new Guthrie theater at the foot of the falls, just beside the very first lock on the entire Mississippi.
Minneapolis beds down: It was a pretty gross weekend, to be sure. Perhaps that is why the IDS is being so modest.
Hennepin Ave Bridge, as seen from below the Third Ave Bridge and upper horseshoe falls. The falls were constructed to allow debris to collect without disrupting the river flow. And collect, it does.
Downtown from the Third Ave Bridge. Kinda cool.
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