Crystal Lake Panorama - a photo on Flickriver

            At the foot of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore lies Crystal Lake in Benzie County, Michigan.

This rare view shows almost its entire 8 mile length, taken from hills on the north side near the lake’s west end. (For the clearest view, you have to use your imagination and pretend those trees right in front are not in the way.)

If you look closely at the right you will see Lake Michigan, as there is only a narrow isthmus of land between the two lakes. There’s even a ship out there for those with very sharp eyes! (At one time in the late 1800s there was talk about putting a canal across the isthmus, even though the difference in elevation between the two lakes is over 20 feet.) Crystal Lake and that isthmus form Betsie Point along Michigan’s shoreline.

The village of Beulah (once called Crystal City) is at the far left of the lake, Crystallia is at the far right.

This is four photos loosely merged together and taken with the smaller hiking / kayaking camera. 

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Taken in: United States / Michigan / Lake (show map)

Taken on: May 5, 2012

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Camera: Panasonic DMC-FH25, f/10.0, 1/200 sec, 5mm, ISO 160 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Panasonic DMC-FH25
Aperture:	f/10.0
Exposure Time:	0.005 sec (1/200)
Focal Length:	5mm
ISO:	160
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Light Source:	Fine Weather
Gain Control:	Low gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 Macintosh
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