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Published July 30, 2009, 12:00 AM

Photo Gallery: July's photos of the day


David Williams, a driver with Jeff Foster Trucking, tightens a strap holding a section of 36-inch diameter steel pipe in place on his truck before departing BendTec July 1. Williams’ load of pipe is bound for an oil pipeline in Louisiana. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)

  • David Williams, a driver with Jeff Foster Trucking, tightens a strap holding a section of 36-inch diameter steel pipe in place on his truck before departing BendTec July 1. Williams’ load of pipe is bound for an oil pipeline in Louisiana. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Two Jamar Company employees work on reroofing the steeply pitched Hartley Building in Duluth Wednesday. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • The moon shines down on the Split Rock River valley and is reflected in a pool recently. (skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Dillon Collette of M and D General Construction sweeps the roof of a London Road home after he and another worker removed a birch tree from the front yard on July 9. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Pentti Hanlon, 12, of Duluth, paddles Caleb Greanead, 7, of Krum, Texas, around the waters just off Park Point on July 12. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Zoey Cohen of Duluth studies for her master's degree on Park Point on July 12. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluhtnews.com)
  • Christian Greanead, 8, of Krum, Texas, paddles a kayak along Park Point as a sailboat slips across the water in the distance. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Natalie Senko of Champlin, Minn., and Kevin Pilon of Duluth throw rocks into Lake Superior July 13 along the Lakewalk. Pilon attends the University of Minnesota Duluth, and Senko graduated this spring. (Sam Cook / scook@duluthnews.com)
  • Afternoon rush-hour traffic on southbound Interstate 35 has commonly been bumper to bumper lately from Lake Avenue to near 21st Avenue West, thanks to road work that has closed one ramp and reduced the highway to one lane. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • A leopard frog suns itself by a Duluth pond recently. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • With sunlight sparkling off the waters of St. Louis River far beyond and below them, Spirit Mountain employees Jay Fronden (left) and Ryan Abel work atop the crossarms of a ski lifts’ tower on July 15. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Miles Hagen of Duluth and Beth Eisenberg of Superior try to stay warm while drawing attention to a car wash fundraiser in Cloquet on July 16.(Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Paul Ingelin, Duluth, paints at the University of Minnesota’s Cloquet Forestry Center on July 16. Ingelin is taking part in the Split Rock Arts Program at the center. Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com
  • Two paraplanes fly above the St. Louis River near Duluth's Fond du Lac neighborhood on July 19. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • A water balloon brusts as Ben Peterson releases it during a break in the July 19th Huskies game at Wade Stadium. Peterson was taking part in a contest. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • A pair of terns use a buoy on the St. Louis River as a resting place. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Sea-kayakers with the Courage North summer camp paddle near the William A. Irvin ore boat in Minnesota Slip on July 20. The kayakers were led by Eric Larson of Courage Duluth who's in the white kayak. (Sam Cook / scook@duluthnews.com)
  • A sailboat glides past Canal Park Monday evening. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • A long line of colorful carnival lights wait to be erected on July 21 at the Head of the Lakes Fairground in Superior for the annual fair. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • With a laker in the distance, Alison Meyer putts on the 13th green at Northland Country Club on July 22. Meyer was among the leaders at the NCC Ladies' Invitational. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Geese swim on the St. Louis River on the evening of July 22, after a rain storm had moved into Wisconsin.(Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Mistyn Haig of Duluth gets a workout July 23 pushing 18-month-old son Jacob while running Daisy. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Participants in July 25th's Minnesota Voyageur Trail Ultramarathon 50-mile race pass a caution sign on Skyline Parkway. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • A windsurfer plays on the Duluth-Superior harbor Saturday afternoon. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com) (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Gia, a five-year-old chocolate lab, hits Lake Superior at Brighton Beach at a run July 26 to retrieve a ball tossed into the water by her owner, Erik Mattson of Duluth. Gia lives to retrieve, especially in the water, Mattson said. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • This rainbow formed early Saturday evening over U.S. Highway 2 between Grand Rapids and Duluth. It was visible for almost half an hour and eventually became a complete arc in the evening sky.<br /><br />(Sam Cook / scook@duluthnews.com)
  • One worker operates an excavator while another pounds a pole into the ground on July 27. Several West Duluth buildings across North Centeral Avenue from Laura MacArthur Elementary School have been demolished as part of the Duluth school district's long-range facilities plan. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Harmony Lombardi and Zackary Lombardi from Rochester bag sweet corn Tuesday at the corner of London Road and 21st Avenue East. The corn was picked in southeastern Minnesota on Monday. (John Myers / jmyers@duluthnews.com)
  • Dressed in protective gear, a worker is enveloped in a dust storm of his creation July 29 while cleaning a section of southbound Interstate 35 that is being rebuilt in Duluth.(Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • A sailboat passes four other boats docked at the Duluth-Superior Sailing Association's dock on Park Point Wednesday. The association offers sailing lessons to both adults and youth. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • A Commercial Roofing Inc. employee works on July 29 on the roof of the Cloquet service station designed by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1958. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
  • Three young mallards swim across Rock Pond in the Bagley Nature Area at the University of Minnesota Duluth Thursday morning during a steady rain. (Sam Cook / scook@duluthnews.com)