The moon with a halo around it shines through clouds above the lighthouse in Tawas, MI on Nov 27, 2012.
A man sits on a manhole cover as warm steam rises up through it on Shelby Street in downtown Detroit, MI on Oct 29, 2012. (Photo ©Mark Bialek)
A group called The Festival Singers sing Christmas Carols as people shop along the Woodward Avenue CityLoft stores in downtown Detroit, MI on Nov 17, 2012. The singers, from left, are Chris Lynch, Susan Wentworth-Hoben, Laurie Gebert, and Brian Baylor. (Mark Bialek / Special to the Det News) Mark Bialek is a freelance photojournalist in the Ann Arbor, MI area.