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csk1325 t1_j2ydbs6 wrote

I can still feel that icy cold water

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manored78 t1_j2zdo7o wrote

Someone from Michigan once told me that they have great beaches. At the time I thought no way could a lake beach be better than a real ocean beach. I saw photos and vids and I was so wrong.

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Lexicontinuum t1_j2zety6 wrote

The only down side is that it's too cold for smaller people to swim in comfortably. It can certainly be done; there's just some screaming involved in the beginning haha. But my lips start to turn blue if I stay in for more than 10-15 minutes.

I think the hottest the water got this past summer on the UP side of the lake was 64F (like 17 or 18C).

Edit: But the cold is also part of the reason why it's so beautiful and crystal clear. The climate is too cold for much farming, so there's not a ton of fertilizer runoff like we see with some of the other Great Lakes. Algae loves fertilizer.

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manored78 t1_j2zp78v wrote

Same can be said of the Pacific Ocean. The water in LA is cold as hell.

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moisthairyguts t1_j3267fs wrote

I think the Baltic Sea too. My mother took me and my brother swimming and it was suuuuuper cold.

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TiltedPine t1_j2xl8vn wrote

Which state/province's shoreline?

This looks like Upper Michigan or Wisconsin if I had to hazard a guess?

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bean3194 t1_j2y9lva wrote

One of my favorite places <3

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wpascarelli t1_j2zvak2 wrote

“I can’t stand stuck up bodies of water. Like, get over yourself, Lake Superior! “ —Norm MacDonald

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BiMail2022 t1_j2xvtw2 wrote

Gotta ask- is this a photo taken very recently- and we should be disturbed by lack of snow? or taken long enough ago that we wouldn't expect snow?

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chaossabre t1_j2xx704 wrote

If it were taken in wintertime those trees would be bare.

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BiMail2022 t1_j2y2m5h wrote

Excellent point- I have photos on Lake Superior, it looks cold year round. :}

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GP48103 OP t1_j2ylh2u wrote

Taken in August 2019, last time I was up that way the lake level was higher so there wasn't much beach

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