As part of our mission at U.P. Supply Co. we hope to instill a sense of pride and wonderment in our natural surroundings, and especially the Great Lakes. They’re breathtakingly enormoous and beautiful, and you know this. They’re also very important to protect. It’s that we want to show off just how big the Great Lakes are (ok, that’s definitely part of it), but we want to show these comparrions so that we don’t take these lakes for granted.
A month ago we posted a blog entry about Why Lake Superior Kicks Your Lake’s Butt, a look at several fun facts about the world’s greatest lake that the Upper Peninsula is so fortunate to share.
After posting the entry Dan left a comment asking about the difference in length between Michigan’s and Minnesota’s shoreline on Lake Superior. Thanks for asking, Dan!
After some research we have found some numbers from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, listed from the 2010 Census.
Astronaut Sam Cristoforetti, of Italy, has been living on the International Space Station and tweeting up a storm. She regularly posts photos of her view from ISS including this gem she recently posted of the Eastern Upper Peninsula surrounded by Lake Michigan and Lake Superior.
Read more about the Upper Peninsula and Great Lakes as seen from space.
Nature's elements at work : Lake Superior a few weeks ago. #HelloEarth pic.twitter.com/kfTyMJ21Y6