Exploring the Aurora Borealis with Jen Selwa

45 MIN PROGRAM AND Q AND A AFTERWARDS

DURING THE AUTUMN OF 2004, WHEN DIDIGTAL CAMERA TECHNOLOGY WAS IN ITS INFANCY, JEN SELWA CAPTURED HER FIRST GREEN AURORA BOREALIS. JUST A FEW WEEKS LATER, THERE WAS A MULTI-DAY G5 STORM EVENT AND JUST HER SECOND TIME PHOTOGRAPHIC THE AURORA. IT WAS THE SUCCESS OF WITNESSING THAT EXCPERIENCE THAT HAS LED jEN TO MULTIPLE PURSUITS OVER THE PREVIOUS TWO DECADES IN SEARCH OF THE ELUSIVE "RAINBOWS OF THE NIGHT".

A COLORFUL SLIDESHOW FROM ACROSS THE STATE OF MICHIGAN AT VARIOUS TIMES AND LOCATIONS WITH STORIES BEHIND EVERY JOURNEY. SHE WILL ALSO SHARE BASIC TIPS ON HOW TO FIND A SAFE DARK SKY LOCATION AND HOW TO CAPTURE THE AURORA WITH YOUR PERSONAL SMARTPHONE WITH TIME OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWER S

JOIN AND LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT HAS CAPTURED THE PASSION BEHIND THE HUNDRED OF THOUSANDS OF OUR STATE'S RESIDENTS IN RECENT YEARS THAT NOW CALL THEMSELVES "MICHIGAN AURORA CHASERS:.

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• This Thursday, 19th June, 01:00 pm, Talking Lions with Detroit Free Press beat writer Dave Birkett in Lakeview
• Next Tuesday, 24th June, 05:30 pm, Puzzle Competition in Lakeview
• Next Wednesday, 25th June, 12:00 pm, Color Our Snake Rock Painting Class ALL Ages in Lakeview