exploring nature’s infinite connections
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...
In May, I spent some time in an expansive dunescape on Michigan's western shore. Silver Lake Dunes is an exciting place near the small town of Mears, Michigan. "Expansive" is quite a relative term, though. If you look for it on a map of Michigan, it is just this tiny...
As the 2024 Autumn Equinox approaches next week, I am trying to reflect on why I haven't made a post for what has essentially been all summer this year. It isn't unusual that summertime is generally my least "productive" time for photography. I found a post I had in...
Walking along this beach, it isn't uncommon to look down and find a piece of fossilized coral. During the Devonian Age (359-416 million years ago), this land mass we now call Michigan was near the Equator and teaming with marine life. It's a long time frame that seems...