Jim Richardson (aka Lake Superior Aquaman)

Lester River Swimming Hole

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BQIhvFyrkk

Freediving the Ruins of Duluth’s Outer Harbor

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyh72tSSZys

Freediving the century-plus-old ruins of Duluth’s outer harbor. First the old breakwater wall (cribbing filled with rocks) that stretches 1000′ from the Vietnam Memorial to the red buoy. The buoy’s function is to mark this as a shipping hazard (at that distance from shore the buoy is in 30 feet of water). The destruction of the breakwater wall in a storm spurred the digging of the canal. Then the column or pillar of Uncle Harvey’s Mausoleum, essentially a bundle of timbers sheathed in concrete. Then Uncle Harvey’s itself, in 16 feet of water, also built on cribbing.

Mid-July, Lake Superior

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbaphIwnd3E

Mr. Nice Out of the Bag

Slo-Mo Aquaman Jumps (cameo by: The Punisher)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RqWg7cGYaY

Trying to Think of a Reason to Come Back Up

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=246eRIrSl1Q

Water clarity is steadily increasing although I grabbed this footage today right before the wind kicked up.

Slo-Mo Rock Dives

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl1GlXaZTP0

Come Get Me

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHY2MdBpQH0

Gray skies hampered an already-low visibility today. Water was warm. “Come Get Me” by 14 Iced Bears.

Early July, Lake Superior

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAMNGYleDTk

Duluth Shark Infestation

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LybCL-F4kWk

Broken campaign promise by Mayor Ness exposed! End the cover-up!!

Slo-Mo Flips from Duluth’s Atlantean Ruins

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3RTe2gl82Y

The Water’s Fine

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7c5jt-0D9E

Lift Bridge in Heavy Fog

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0PGXgr1wrc

Duluth Outer Harbor Views

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyGBV6wYcXg

Rock-hopping Chester Creek

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxXenguKOH8

Chester Creek Survey 3

Chester Creek Survey 2

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTJvGAvmNh8

Chester Creek Survey

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87uBQ5lKjcQ

Underwater Optics

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6Poxyj6z_o

A Stroll by the Lake

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgvOBjP3Dt8

The Perilous Inlet

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7rTiTQI5N0

Three years in the making, the completed 14-minute masterpiece.

I suggest watching it with the sound off since we could not eliminate the camera noise without losing the underwater noises.

The perilous inlet is a death trap for ships and subs, yet life continues. Starring Playmobil toys, G.I. Joes, and introducing Lake Superior as itself.

We’ve released this in segments over time, so if you’re sick of it do NOT watch this final edit. Featuring the Playmobil ship vs. the giant alligator, the Playmobil sub vs. the giant squid, and the GI Joes vs. frozen existential horror, now with more death.

The Subjectivity Spill

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmA5JB-ZLhM

The UMD Anomalies Dept. dispatched two Morphogenetic Field Technicians to Professor Marrow’s hillside home, surveying the contamination from a novel form of radiation.

Lake Superior Security Force: Ice Rescue

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqUjP6DEmoY

Mary Bue – “Apple in the Ocean”

Mary Bue music video directed by Jim and Allen Richardson.

Late Summer Swim at the Cutest Little Beach in WI

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=872Wf6FV240

Things I saw.