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Northern Lights over Michigan's Mackinac Bridge
« on: March 18, 2024, 08:51:55 PM »
Check this out in full-screen HD. One of the most beautiful bridges at night, with heaven's light show behind it.  8)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhOhHBz8ePo
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Re: Northern Lights over Michigan's Mackinac Bridge
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2024, 11:38:22 PM »
I thought you guys might like that. Michigan is a beautiful state once you get out of the cities and head north.

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is just one of Michigan's natural beauties and home of dozens of the state's 300+ waterfalls. The U.S. Congress designated Pictured Rocks the first National Lakeshore in the United States in 1966. I downloaded several pictures I planned on posting but it's hard to choose, plus I accidentally renamed all the JPGs in the folder, over 2,000 of them, the same thing. :-[  The best way to see it is by kayak so you can go through the arches and into the "sea" caves. You just don't want to be next to it when "calves an iceberg". :o  There are lots of other videos on YouTube. I just picked one where they were kayaking.

Vegetarian thinks 11 miles is a beast of a hike. LOL! Eat some meat!

https://www.munising.org/explore/pictured-rocks-national-lakeshore/



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnypJzVLVTg


Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore 200 foot cliff plummets into Lake Superior.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-DmwYA3NXI
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Re: Northern Lights over Michigan's Mackinac Bridge
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2024, 07:11:30 PM »
Very cool, Frank. I've always wanted to see the northern lights live and in living color.  8)
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Re: Northern Lights over Michigan's Mackinac Bridge
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2024, 08:14:46 AM »
I guess it pales in comparison to the view in Alaska, but it's better than nothing. I usually don't get to see anything but the Milky Way, satellites, and the occasional meteor when I'm in the woods by my friend's cabin. He's about 100 mile south of the bridge. All us trolls that live below the bridge miss out on most of the state's natural wonders, unless we drive 4 hours or more.

Another cool place in Michigan is Kitch-iti-kipi, The Big Spring. It's over 5 hours from my house and I've on;y been there once or twice. Kitch-iti-kipi is an oval pool measuring 300 by 175 feet and is about 45 feet deep. 10,000 gallons per minute of spring water pours from fissures in underlying limestone at a constant temperature of 45 degrees year-round. There's a raft attached to a cable with a wheel you can crank to get out in the spring. You can look through the open middle of the raft at a huge trout swimming in the crystal clear water. Instaed of a glass bottom boat, it's no bottom, and a roof overhead to keep the glare off the water. Believe it or not, a lumber company was using the spring as a dump for all the tree tops and crap they didn't want. There are lots of videos of it on YouTube, plus thousands more pictures and videos at Google Maps where it's rated 4.8 out of 5 stars as a tourist attraction. It's gray dolomite, not white limestone, and that may have something to do with the emerald color of the water.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitch-iti-kipi

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kitch-iti-kipi/@46.00415,-86.3819556,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipPlukSZUGPg4aD7PhQD2eyGKL0XjYgxoW2YVJMW!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipPlukSZUGPg4aD7PhQD2eyGKL0XjYgxoW2YVJMW%3Dw114-h86-k-no!7i4032!8i3024!4m15!1m7!3m6!1s0x4d4c19e475b4fc33:0x6bdc192aabd3705e!2sKitch-iti-kipi!8m2!3d46.00415!4d-86.3819556!16s%2Fm%2F043kj_j!3m6!1s0x4d4c19e475b4fc33:0x6bdc192aabd3705e!8m2!3d46.00415!4d-86.3819556!10e5!16s%2Fm%2F043kj_j?entry=ttu



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Re: Northern Lights over Michigan's Mackinac Bridge
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2024, 08:35:03 AM »
Not far northeast from there is The Seney National Wildlife Refuge, a managed wetland with an area of 95,212 acres. The refuge contains the Seney Wilderness Area and the Strangmoor Bog National Natural Landmark within its boundaries. While the Seney National Wildlife Refuge is oriented towards maintaining living space for bird life, river otters, beavers, moose, black bears and wolves also live in the refuge. 211 separate species of birds have been logged at Seney, including ducks, bald eagles, trumpeter swans, osprey, sandhill cranes, and common loons. On the western side of the National Wildlife Refuge, a parcel is officially designated as a wilderness with an area of 25,150 acres.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seney_National_Wildlife_Refuge

There's a snowmobile trail that's basically across the road from it, where I rode my ATV through a 10-mile+ long mud hole. I'd have to ask my friend who has snowmobile maps how long it is. Most people won't even drive through a 10 feet mud hole if they can go around it. It took a really long time to get through it. I was bouncing from stump to stump through reeds or cattails or whatever it was. I had to winch myself through a couple spots, and near the end it was flooded so bad I didn't think I could go through the water. My friends who drove around it were waiting for me at the end, and when I got there I was covered with mud from head to toe. Mud-bogging isn't for everyone. And it's not for me anymore either.
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Re: Northern Lights over Michigan's Mackinac Bridge
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Re: Northern Lights over Michigan's Mackinac Bridge
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2024, 12:18:43 PM »
Quote from: PegLeg45 on March 21, 2024, 07:11:30 PM
Very cool, Frank. I've always wanted to see the northern lights live and in living color.  8)

Iceland was vivid rainbow colors…cool stuff!
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Re: Northern Lights over Michigan's Mackinac Bridge
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2024, 04:10:02 PM »
That must have been truly amazing, Timothy.
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Re: Northern Lights over Michigan's Mackinac Bridge
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2024, 06:34:04 PM »
Quote from: Big Frank on March 22, 2024, 04:10:02 PM
That must have been truly amazing, Timothy.

Yes, pretty much nightly (mostly dark 18-23 hrs) in the winter months.  Our facility was about 6 miles from the airfield so no ambient light to wash it out.

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