The area surrounding Lake Superior has some of the darkest night skies in the world. On the Bortle scale, a scale that rates the darkness of the night skies with 1 being the darkest and 9 the brightest, outside the cities Lake Superior rates between 1 and 3 The northern view from Madeline Island yields a Bortle 2. It's dark. Join award-winning professional photographer Bryan Hansel for a presentation about the night skies of the north. He presents his images from the Lake Superior region and beyond and he'll talk about how he made those images. Additionally, he'll address our dark sky resources, health and wildlife issues related to light pollution and what we can do to preserve our night skies and how we can capitalize on the opportunities that dark skies present.

Visit Bryan's website to see his incredible photographs!
www.bryanhansel.com