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NOAA Weather Service St. Croix River Stillwater Forecast
Returning for its 6th season 2024 Opera On The River July 27 Stillwater Minnesota downtown 7PM outdoors in Lowell Park along scenic St Croix River front. The event is free and open to the public along with VIP seating for a fee. Learn more at the event page here.
Being in the park, in addition to reserved seating, there is free and open seating (or standing) in and around Lowell Park, or, if you prefer, from your boat. For the hearing impaired, there will be ASL service during the event. Even if you are not an opera fan, these shows are a lot of fun as they have a great mix of classical and musical songs that they perform.
Stillwater Evening Hot Air Balloons
2023 Opera On The River Video Views
Past Opera on the River Events
On Sunday August 2, 2020, On Saturday evening August 10 2019 Operatunity Theatre presented their Opera On The Virtual river event. The 2020 event was a social distanced production taking place near the St Croix River and downtown Stillwater as well as being live streamed on FaceBook and YouTube.
Pictures Over Stillwater was honored to be involved with the production and live stream of the event providing aerial video images of the St Croix River Valley, Downtown Stillwater and event areas as well as documenting behind the scenes of this social distanced event.
Watch for more images (still, video and 360 of the 2020 event to appear hear soon. Visit the Operatunity Theatre website and Facebook page to learn more about this event, St Croix Valley Opera and related information.
Views from Opera On The River Event
The 2020 event follows the 2019 inaugural downtown Stillwater Minnesota opera on the river free event.
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Downtown Stillwater St. Croix River Valley (few days before Opera event)
Despite the on and off rain throughout the day, the organizers, performers, volunteers as well as attendees braved the elements and proved that the show must and will go on.
The following image was taken during the soundcheck Saturday afternoon with some cast and crew on stage while Stillwater Minnesota native headliner Jack Swanson appeared at ease with the elements. When I saw this view during the soundcheck and the confidence of cast and crew, my thoughts were that rain or shine, this would be a great event.
The Opera On The River Show Must Go On
The following are some images of Opera On The River downtown Stillwater along St. Croix River during the performance after the rains passed (and a short delay to allow conditions to improve).
Looking Forward to 2020 Opera On the River
Thank you to Opportunity Theatre event organizers, staff, volunteers, performers for allow Pictures Over Stillwater full access to capture these and other images of this inaugural event. Also thanks to all of the sponsors and attendees who braved the elements for this first of what will become an annual event. Hopefully the weather and conditions will look more like the following image of the St. Croix River valley and downtown Stillwater for the 2020 event.
2022 Fire and Ice Event Downtown Stillwater Lights Minnesota
Zephyr Theatre 2022 Ice Palace Maze
Making Snow For 2022 World Snow Sculpting Championship
Preparations are underway downtown Stillwater Minnesota for the upcoming World Snow Sculpting Championship (WSSC) event in mid-January 2022. The following is a short video showing snow-making on January 6th for the WSSC event that starts on January 18th.
2021 Light up Stillwater #homefortheholidays
Kicking off the 2021 holiday season and home for the holidays among other events was the lighting of the new lights on the northside of the lift bridge, followed on December 4, 2021 with #twinkleparty tree lighting and fireworks and #homefortheholidays.
Downtown Stillwater Minnesota November 26 2021
Season Three 2020 2021 Stillwater Lights
Ice Maze From Before Construction Until It Vanishes
Aerial Daytime and Night Lights Fire & Ice Event
Downtown Stillwater Fire and Ice
Downtown Stillwater Fire and Ice
Downtown Stillwater Fire and Ice
Opening night downtown Stillwater Minnesota Ice Maze
Downtown Ice Maze
Aerial Night View Ice Maze Stillwater Zephyr Theatre
Inaugural Night Stillwater Lights Historic Lift Bridge Lights Up
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Aerial Video Wintertime in Stillwater Minnesota Holiday Lights Views
Stillwater Lights Light Up Stillwater 2020
New in December 2020 Stillwater Minnesota has expanded Stillwater lights along main street downtown, chestnut plaza with overhead led lights and a led virtual tree. Also new is that for the first time, the nearly 100 year old historic lift bridge has been lit up with lights.
Winter in Stillwater Minnesota Lift Bridge Lit Up
The new additions with more in the works combine with previous holiday light display and tree decorations to create a winter wonderland wintertime in Stillwater holiday light display experience (all are free).
There is plenty of free parking downtown Stillwater to check out the holiday light display and hometown for the holidays in Minnesota and Western Wisconsin.
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Early November Sunrise Fall Colors Downtown Stillwater
View from above Water Street Inn Clock Tower Downtown Stillwater
July 4th 2019 Fireworks with Downtown Stillwater Minnesota as backdrop
Light Up Stillwater Downtown Mainstreet 2020 2021
Fall aerial view downtown Stillwater Mainstreet and St Croix River
Summer 2020 Pandemic Drive in Movies Mainstreet Stillwater
Pony Stadium Lit Up The Night Minnesota Lights April 2020
Mainstreet Downtown Stillwater Lit Up Pony Class 2020 Parade
Light Up Stillwater Lights Season 2019 2020
After making its debut season in December 2018, the Greater Stillwater Area Chamber of Commerce Downtown Stillwater Lights season two has started. Learn more about Stillwater Lights and Greater Stillwater Area Chamber of Commerce via their website here.
Lights Downtown stillwater minnesota near mainstreet November 2019
Season Two Light Up Stillwater Setup November 2019
November 2019 Ready For Snow Mainstreet Downtown Stillwater
Evening Sunset View Downtown Stillwater
Season One 2018 2019
In downtown Stillwater Minnesota along the St Croix River there is a new attraction starting December 21, 2018 called Stillwater Lights. The new attraction is an experience that you walk through (and its free open to the public) an open-air tunnel of lights. At the base, it is about 24 feet wide and around 18 feet tall (give or take a foot or two).
February Sunset Fresh Snow Downtown Stillwater
Winter Mainstreet Downtown Stillwater Minnesota
New St Croix Crossing Sunset Moonrise near Stillwater
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Early March Morning Lake Elmo Aero Airplane Ride Sightseeing
Collection of images (still and video) from recent Early March Morning Lake Elmo Aero Airplane Ride sightseeing trip.
Series of 360 interactive immersive videos from sightseeing flight.
Our sightseeing trip started at Lake Elmo Airport taking off on Runway 4 (one of if not the shortest paved runways in Minnesota) and cruising over east metro above Lake Elmo, Oakdale, Maplewood and on into Downtown St. Paul Airport (Holmand field) where we do a touch and go.
From there we head southeast out over Woodbury before turning east towards Afton and crossing the St. Croix River south of Hudson Wisconsin.
We follow the St. Croix River north passing over Hudson, North Hudson, St. Joe and Houlton turning southwest west of Somerset Wisconsin.
We then head south along the St. Croix river on the Minnesota side passing above Stillwater before wrapping up our morning flight back at Lake Elmo Airport.
Big thank you to Lake Elmo Aero (www.lakeelmoaero.com) and pilot Jon Adsit for a fantastic flight experience. You can get in touch with Lake Elmo Aero via info@lakeelmoaero.com and 651-777-1399 as well as via CTAF/Unicom: 122.8
2019 Summer Open House Lake Elmo Aero at Lake Elmo Airport
Check out some images from summer 2019 Lake Elmo Aero open house
Pictures Over Stillwater provides indoor, outdoor, ground, aerial and all around content creative services. The following are some 360 interactive views including still image and video. Our 360 panoramic imagery capture experience includes 360 cameras for ground and aerial (attachment to aircraft e.g. airplanes) along with Drone based for one off as well as recurring projects.
Some of our 360 experiences include indoor virtual tours (photo and video) for real estate (residential and commercial), engineering, site planning, construction progress reporting and 3d modeling, along with general marketing and event support among others. From relative low level (eye height) to under hundred feet, to hundreds of feet, to above 40+ story tall buildings, and higher using airplanes, from empty property lots to completed structures, we have experience with diverse projects.
Tiny Planet Aerial View Stillwater MN
Tiny Planet Aerial View MN State Capital St Paul
Spherical View Fall Colors Stillwater Minnesota
Interactive 360 View Center Field St Croix Prep Academy
Fall Colors Downtown Minneapolis Minnesota 360 View
360 Interactive Fast Video Tour St Croix Bike Loop
360 View Lowell Inn Washington Room Stillwater MN
360 View Grand Ball Room Stillwater MN
Interactive 360 Grand Pizza Downtown Stillwater
Interactive 360 Images Marine on St Croix
Interactive 360 Marine on St Croix (Low Level)
Interactive 360 Marine on St Croix (High Level)
Interactive 360 Pictures Over Stillwater
Following are a collection of drone aerial interactive 360 spherical images from around Stillwater showing different neighborhoods as well as downtown and surrounding areas. The interactive 360 aerial views allow you to rotate around, side to side, up and down, as well as zoom in and out. Check out some areas you might know well from a different vantage point perspective, as well as see some new areas in and around Stillwater Minnesota.
Stillwater Public Library 360 Demo
4th Street Entrance Stillwater Public Library
The following is a short Virtual Tour of the Stillwater Public Library.
360 images including still and video are great for virtual tours along with next generation virtual reality (VR) tours. Virtual tours are great way to showcase your property, facility, factory, property, showroom among other views with customers, partners, prospects among others enabling an interactive experience for the viewers.
2020 St Croix Valley Fall Colors 360 Views
Not all platforms are able to display 360 content (video or still images). An alternative method to show 360 content includes formats such as so called tiny planet views. The following are some tiny planet views based on 360 camera images.
The following is a 360 Interactive video view from 2020 Withrow Area Classic Car Show Wishes and More Wish Granting. Play the video and rotate around to see different angles and views.
The following is outward orbit 360 (horizontal) view from above Oak Park Heights Minnesota looking at the St Croix River Valley. To the east is the St Croix River and Wisconsin, to the west Minneapolis.
360 Interactive Video Virtual Tour Candyland Stillwater
Here is an example of using a 360 camera indoors for a virtual tour as we stop in for a quick visit at Candy Land in downtown Stillwater.
Pictures Over Stillwater Golf Course Country Club Images
The following are various Pictures Over Stillwater drone based aerial photography and video images from different Golf Course Country Club venues around the greater Minneapolis St. Paul twin cities metropolitan area.
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Greater Stillwater Area Chamber of Commerce 2020 Golf Event
River Valley Charities 2020 Troy Burne Hudson Golf Event
River Valley Charities 2020 New Richmond Pro-Amm Golf Event
Have an upcoming event at a Golf Course, Country Club, Marina, Association or other venue, or simply looking for images (still and video) of your facility?
Due to construction the 2023 #343run was moved from I94 near Afton Minnesota to across the river on highway 35 south of Hudson and north of River Falls Wisconsin. Attendees assembled on Monday evening 9/11/23 on the Tower and Coulee Road overpasses as the parade went south from Hudson towards River Falls before returning to the north. In addition to the various EMS, Fire, Rescue, Police, Sheriff, Highway Patrol and other first responders, an Air Force/National Guard C130 Cargo plane made two low “tactical” passes along the #343run route.
Pictures Over Stillwater Coverage of 2019 #343 9/11 Tribute
The following still and video images are from the 2019 #343 9/11 tribute event which has been held for several years. The event takes place on an overpass above Interstate 94 (I94) in eastern Minnesota (West Lakeland and Afton) near the Wisconsin (Hudson) border for 24 hours on 9/11.
This volunteer event has participants waving american flags as people head west during the morning rush hour towards twin cities Minneapolis St. Paul area along with others throughout the day. There is also a parade of first responders that starts to the east in Hudson Wisconsin crossing the St. Croix River passing under the overpass west bound then circling back over the bridge (Stagecoach road).
Mid-Afternoon view of Stagecoach Overpass looking to the north
A Black Hawk Helicopter does a fly by before the evening parade
First Responders Circle Back over I94 on Stagecoach Road
Westbound I94 Traffic entering Minnesota being Greeted
Looking East Towards Wisconsin Welcoming West Bound I94 Traffic
View of Stonebridge Overpass looking north shortly before parade
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The following are various aerial photos from the Crusin on St. Croix Car Show downtown Stillwater during summer months. Learn more about Crusin on St. Croix Car show on their website here.
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2019 River Valley Charities Golf Event Troy Burne Hudson Wisconsin
The following are various aerial photos from the August 19, 2019 River Valley Charities golf event held at Troy Burne Golf Club south of Hudson Wisconsin. Learn more about the River Valley Charities golf event at their website here and learn more about Troy Burne golf glub here.
Note the 2020 RVC Golf tournament will be held August 24, 2020 at Troy Burne, learn more and register here.
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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) traveling scale model of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial visited the St. Croix River valley spending a few days in Stillwater.
The traveling wall arrived in Stillwater on July 23, 2019 at the Old Athletic Fields with an escort of EMS, Fire, Police, Sheriff, State Patrol, veterans and other area organizations. The escort went from Lakeland and Afton up the valley through Bayport, Oak Park Heights (see the video and images below). day Stillwater St Croix Valley Visit. Learn more about the VVMF and The Wall That Heals at their site vvmf.org
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Stillwater St Croix Valley Visit
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Stillwater St Croix Valley Visit
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