Tim Erickson<p>I love a photo that tells a story.
This photo was taken last week on <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23MilleLacs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MilleLacs</a>.
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DoomsdaysCW<p>Minnesota tribal leaders call for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> to commute <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeonardPeltier</span></a>'s sentence</p><p>by Melissa Olson, January 14, 2025</p><p>"A group of over 120 elected current and former tribal leaders from across the United States are calling on President Joe Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier, a longstanding political activist convicted in 1977 in the murder of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, according to a story first published Monday by HuffPost. </p><p>"Peltier is a member of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmericanIndianMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanIndianMovement</span></a>, a grassroots Native American organization formed in Minneapolis in the late 1960s in response to police violence. </p><p>“'For the majority of his life, Leonard Peltier has been serving a sentence based on a conviction that would not hold up in court today and for a crime that the government has admitted it could not prove. Mr. Peltier’s continued incarceration is a symbol to Native Americans of the systemic inequities of the criminal justice system in America,' read the letter from tribal elected officials published on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NDNCollective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NDNCollective</span></a>. </p><p>"The letter was signed by over a dozen elected tribal officials in Minnesota, including president of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LowerSioux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LowerSioux</span></a> Indian Community Robert Larsen, who verified the accuracy of the letter to MPR News, as well as Chair of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BoisForteBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoisForteBand</span></a> of Chippewa Cathy Chavers and Chief Executive of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MilleLacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilleLacs</span></a> Band of# Ojibwe Virgil Wind, who signed the letter as President of the Midwest Alliance of Sovereign Tribes. </p><p>"Faron Jackson, chair of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeechLakeBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeechLakeBand</span></a> of Ojibwe, also signed the letter. Jackson spoke to MPR News while attending the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe annual state of the band address Tuesday. </p><p>"'I think it was an injustice from day one,” said Jackson. “He’s been sitting in prison for almost 50 years on a lot of circumstantial evidence that just didn’t add up to justice.'</p><p>"Peltier, a citizen of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TurtleMountainBand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TurtleMountainBand</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chippewa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chippewa</span></a> in North Dakota, is currently serving two life sentences at a federal prison in Florida. Peltier has maintained his innocence since he was first imprisoned."</p><p><a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/01/14/minnesota-tribal-leaders-call-for-biden-to-commute-leonard-peltier-sentence" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mprnews.org/story/2025/01/14/m</span><span class="invisible">innesota-tribal-leaders-call-for-biden-to-commute-leonard-peltier-sentence</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FreeLeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeLeonardPeltier</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmnestyForLeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmnestyForLeonardPeltier</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClemencyForLeonardPeltier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClemencyForLeonardPeltier</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIM</span></a></p>
Tim Erickson, @stpaultim<p>Cracks in the ice. Big ones!</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Drones4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Drones4Fun</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MilleLacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MilleLacs</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MNastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MNastodon</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photography</span></a></p>
Tim Erickson, @stpaultim<p>I just caught this one fresh today. Said both I AND the eagle. </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Drones4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Drones4Fun</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WildlifePhoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WildlifePhoto</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MilleLacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MilleLacs</span></a></p>
Tim Erickson, @stpaultim<p>One more photo of the ice heaves on Lake Mille Lacs. I love them. </p><p>This is the same day and general vicinity of the image I posted a few days ago. </p><p>See my archive here:<br /><a href="https://dronetim.simplo.site/gallery" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">dronetim.simplo.site/gallery</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Drones4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Drones4Fun</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MilleLacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MilleLacs</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MNastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MNastodon</span></a></p>
Tim Erickson, @stpaultim<p>Politics on Ice. </p><p>I don't make the news, I just report it. ;-)</p><p>I love the unusual texture of the ice here and am disheartented by the fact that folks feel the need to publicly fly their political flag, even while ice fishing.</p><p>Wouldn't it be nice if we could all go out on the ice together and just get along. </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Drones4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Drones4Fun</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MilleLacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MilleLacs</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>darktable</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CrowWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CrowWing</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DronePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DronePhotography</span></a></p>
Tim Erickson, @stpaultim<p>Sometimes Drones just give you the mobility to get the right angle or position. I like this image, because of it helps demonstrate the power and intensity of the ice on a lake of this size.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Drones4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Drones4Fun</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MilleLacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MilleLacs</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DronePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DronePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NaturePhotography</span></a></p>
Tim Erickson, @stpaultim<p>I passed my Remote Pilot Certificate test today for flying Drones under 55 lbs.</p><p>Today's photo was taken yesterday near the south end of Lake Mille Lacs. </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Drones4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Drones4Fun</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MilleLacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MilleLacs</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MNastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MNastodon</span></a></p>
Tim Erickson, @stpaultim<p>Is this one over processed?</p><p>Beautiful sunset tonight. Taken with drone, but from a very low angle. </p><p>I've had a couple of good drone days this weekend. </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Drones4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Drones4Fun</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MilleLacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MilleLacs</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>darktable</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MNastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MNastodon</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DronePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DronePhotography</span></a></p>
Tim Erickson, @stpaultim<p>This is Mille Lacs Lake from about 10 days ago. Recently, it's frozen over again and there is fresh snow. But, this much open water at the end of December was pretty unusual. </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Drones4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Drones4Fun</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MilleLacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MilleLacs</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DronePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DronePhotography</span></a></p>
Tim Erickson, @stpaultim<p>This was about week ago. Drove by this lake today and it was mostly frozen over.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Drones4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Drones4Fun</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MilleLacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MilleLacs</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DronePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DronePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/landscapephotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>landscapephotography</span></a></p>
Tim Erickson, @stpaultim<p>Growing up, we never saw Swans in this area. This summer, I've taken so many photos of Swans. </p><p>Here is a family with teenage children. </p><p>There were a total of 15-30 Swans within eyesight when I took this photo.</p><p>They were hanging out with small flocks of Canadian Geese. </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Drones4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Drones4Fun</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MilleLacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MilleLacs</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> #</p>
Tim Erickson, @stpaultim<p>Fast Food Reflections</p><p>Interesting perspectives and reflections at twilight.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Drones4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Drones4Fun</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FastFood" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FastFood</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MilleLacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MilleLacs</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DronePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DronePhotography</span></a></p>
Tim Erickson, @stpaultim<p>The water level on Mille Lacs Lake is low this year. This photo is from a few weeks ago. </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Drones4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Drones4Fun</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MilleLacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MilleLacs</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CrowWingCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CrowWingCounty</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DronePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DronePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>darktable</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MNastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MNastodon</span></a></p>
Tim Erickson, @stpaultim<p>We caught a very clear video clip of a mountain lion passing through the backyard on a wildlife camera last night. </p><p>This is pretty wild! We're about 10 minutes from the Northwest corner of Mille Lacs Lake. </p><p>Mountain Lions are very rare in Minnesota, especially this part of Minnesota.</p><p><a href="https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mammals/cougar/index.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dnr.state.mn.us/mammals/cougar</span><span class="invisible">/index.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Cuyuna" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cuyuna</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Millelacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Millelacs</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MNastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MNastodon</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/CrowWingCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CrowWingCounty</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Deerwood" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Deerwood</span></a></p>
Tim Erickson, @stpaultim<p>On my <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Drones4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Drones4Fun</span></a> (#90) adventure, one goal is adding a variety of images to the overall collection. Sometimes, it's not about sharing the best image of the day, but the one that will best compliment what I've already shared or bring something new to the collection. </p><p>Given how close I am to farm country, I don't have many agricultural photos. </p><p>This is along the north shore of Lake Mille Lacs. </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Drones4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Drones4Fun</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MilleLacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MilleLacs</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Minnesota</span></a></p>
Tim Erickson, @stpaultim<p>Isle, Minnesota on Lake Mille Lacs. I was passing through this afternoon and took this shot. </p><p>I don't have many <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/urban" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>urban</span></a> shots in my collection. Here is one.</p><p>;-)</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Drones4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Drones4Fun</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MilleLacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MilleLacs</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MNastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MNastodon</span></a></p>
Tim Erickson, @stpaultim<p>I think this is my last icy photo of the season. </p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Drones4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Drones4Fun</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MilleLacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MilleLacs</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Cuyuna" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Cuyuna</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AmateurPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AmateurPhotography</span></a></p>
Tim Erickson, @stpaultim<p>This was about a week ago on the south end of Mille Lacs Lake. The migrating ducks were all over the place. </p><p>Most pelicans I've ever seen. They just pass through here.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Drones4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Drones4Fun</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MilleLacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MilleLacs</span></a></p>
Tim Erickson, @stpaultim<p>A couple of days ago I posted some photos of the piles of ice that accumulate as the ice goes off Lake Mille Lacs. </p><p>This is my official <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Drones4Fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Drones4Fun</span></a> entry on that topic. </p><p>🙂 </p><p>(See curated Drones4Fun collection here: <a href="https://dronetim.simplo.site" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">dronetim.simplo.site</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MilleLacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MilleLacs</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LandscapePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LandscapePhotography</span></a></p>
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