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Interested in my work? Let me know! I’m thrilled to offer talks, programs, and book signings across the U.S. and beyond. I would be happy to exchange ideas, accept feedback, discuss new opportunities, or hear about your own experiences. My interest areas are listed below.

Launched in Fall 2024: Explore the Michigan Aurora Chasers official website for a wealth of resources and ideas! Check out the Founder’s Corner or browse our homepage.

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Melissa’s Interest Areas & Potential Topics

  1. Chasing the Aurora Beyond the 45th Parallel: How to Catch the Northern Lights
  2. Painted Nights in the Far Corners of the World: Iceland, Finland, Norway, Canada and Alaska
  3. Expectation v. Reality: A Humorous Guide to Aurora Tourism
  4. Embrace the Darkness: Chasing Aurora, STEVE, Air Glow and the Milky Way
  5. Outsmart Space Weather Forecasts to Catch Aurora in Your Backyard
  6. Discovering Aurora Formations & Serving on the SolarMax Mission Ground Support Team
  7. Citizen Science: How Your Aurora Photos Can Advance the Future of Science
  8. Why Dark Skies Are Critical for Low Latitude Aurora Chasers
  9. Aurora Myth & Legends: From the Dark to the Inspiring
  10. Secrets of the Goddess of the Dawn: A Cultural Look at Aurora and Aurora Chasing
  11. A Fool-Proof Formula to Catch the Northern Lights
  12. Making the Dream a Reality: From Reporting as a Small Town Journalist to Leading Iceland Tours
  13. Celebrating the Art, Culture, Science, History and Photography of the Aurora
  14. In Full Color: How to Spot Colorful Aurora Displays at Lower Latitudes and Why It’s Different on Camera
  15. Overcoming your fear of the dark and enjoying nature’s most rare and beautiful spectacles (aurora, eclipses, conjunctions, comets, night hikes, and nightime lakeshores)
  16. Building community around dark sky adventures and nature enthusiasts (from social media to in person events
  17. Colors in the Night Sky: From Artificial Light Pollution to the Northern Lights, the Sightings Might Surprise You
  18. Science and How It Informs (or unravels) Our Dark Skies (a lot of science goes into the Aurora and aurora forecasting, but we also have StarLink and space junk crowding the view)
  19. Surprises in the dark, things you might not have thought about, stories from the night (Safety on aurora chases, best practices for night lights and photography, preserving the delicate land and respecting wildlife, howling coyotes and wolves, etc
  20. Dark Sky Preservation
  21. Creating the Michigan Aurora Chasers, a group of nearly 100,000 members
  22. Behind the Scenes at NASA: Covering a Launch as a Social Media Ambassador & You Can Too

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