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Archive for category: starwatching

Northern Lights Over Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

May 21, 2020
Here's a little "Throwback Thursday" action from May of 2018. Lucy McClellan Hunter caught this amazing photo of the Northern Lights over Narada Lake in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and my favorite photo blog, NASA's Earth Science Picture of the Day, featured it!
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Wildfire in the Sky: Remembering the March 13, 1989 Aurora Display

March 13, 2019
A massive wave of solar energy struck our atmosphere on the evening of March 13, 1989, creating one of the most impressive northern lights displays of the modern era.
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Northern Lights Likely for Leelanau!

September 11, 2018
Night Sky Life Over The Lake, photo by Matt Kazmierski  The…
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September 3 Star Party at Sleeping Bear!

August 30, 2016
The sky is the limit at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore! Explore…
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Ghost Town Aurora

May 14, 2016
Here's an awesome shot titled "Ghost Town Aurora" from Michigan Nut Photography showing the northern lights behind the Historic Sleeping Bear Inn in Glen Haven.
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Otter Creek Aurora

October 9, 2015
Check out this incredible video that Heather of Snap Happy Gal Photography took the other night at Otter Creek Beach (Esch Rd) in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore!
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Photo of the Week: Good Harbor Bay … aurora borealis panorama by Ken Scott

February 20, 2012
Ken shot this on Saturday night in the Sleeping Bear Dunes…
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Chasing the Elusive Michigan Aurora Borealis (northern lights) … a timelapsed glimpse

September 16, 2010
I can't think of too many better ways to spend two and a half minutes than watching this aurora borealis video (and many more from Ken Scott)
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