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Michigan Aurora Redux

Michigan Aurora Redux

The evening of October 10, 2024 ( a KP index of 9!) brought another spectacular solar storm our way, triggering displays of the Aurora Borealis across Michigan and elsewhere. The Aurora Borealis appears more frequently at lower latitudes because we are likely...

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Winter Ice Storm

Winter Ice Storm

I think photographers are perhaps the only ones that might get a little excited when the forecast calls for an ice storm.    I know I do, as long as I can avoid the normal anxieties that people have in these types of winter conditions with fears of lost...

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Gales of the Great Lakes

Gales of the Great Lakes

This past week I was fortunate to add on to a business trip to Canada a short visit to the Bruce Peninsula.   I have been to the Bruce Peninsula several times over the years, however, it was mostly visiting as a diver.  At the far northern tip, Tobermory is a very...

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Radar of opportunity

Radar of opportunity

Well, we have another storm front headed our way, should hit us later today I think.   There was a glimmer of hope we were on the tail end.  Everywhere I go it seems people are complaining about the long, hard winter this year - yearning for it to be...

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