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Aurora Borealis in Michigan

Aurora Borealis in Michigan

Unless you've been living under a rock for the weekend, it is no surprise to see thousands of images from the extreme G5 geomagnetic storm, which triggered auroras down to Florida—reportedly the largest in 20 years. Many people seeing the aurora for the first time,...

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Atmospheric photographs

Atmospheric photographs

A quote I stumbled upon recently had me thinking about the concept of atmosphere when it comes to photographs. The quote is from Alfred Stieglitz, a photographer perhaps most well-known for activism in promoting photographs as pieces of art in the early 1900s. And...

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Space – another frontier

Space – another frontier

Michigan Light Pollution map, from Blue Marble It is 1:30 a.m, and the alarm goes off on my phone.  I told my wife I might want to drive to see if I could see any of what's left of the Camelopardalid meteor shower.   I said, "I'll set my alarm, and I'll either wake up...

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Long Exposures

Long Exposures

Earlier this year I set some photography goals on aspects of photography I wanted to do more with, and one of them included long exposures.   I always loved how water takes on a glass like, silky appearance, that includes some reflections on occasion with this type of...

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