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Up North Lowdown

Where you look

By Ed Ronco,
Max Copeland
Published April 13, 2024 at 6:00 AM EDT
Top left: The Milky Way soars over the Beaver Island State Wildlife Research Area International Dark Sky Sanctuary. (Photo: Cynthia Hector Johnson) Top right: Sean Callahan points his flashlight toward a brushy section of a vernal pool at the Grass River Natural Area, in Antrim County. (Photo: Ellie Katz/IPR News) Bottom left:
Top left: The Milky Way soars over the Beaver Island State Wildlife Research Area International Dark Sky Sanctuary. (Photo: Cynthia Hector Johnson)
Top right: Sean Callahan points his flashlight toward a brushy section of a vernal pool at the Grass River Natural Area, in Antrim County. (Photo: Ellie Katz/IPR News)
Bottom left: Cheryl Bartz prepares to witness the total solar eclipse in Eagle Pass, Texas, on April 8, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Cheryl Bartz)
Bottom right: Michigan Poet Laureate Nandi Comer and Interlochen Arts Academy senior Paige Cook, posed in front of IPR's studios on April 3, 2024. (Photo: Ed Ronco/IPR News)

This week, the Up North Lowdown is all about where you look: at a dark patch of sky, upward from the path of totality, in a vernal pool deep in the woods, or into yourself for exactly the right words.

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Ed Ronco
Ed Ronco is IPR's news director.
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Max Copeland
Max Copeland is the local weekday host of All Things Considered on Interlochen Public Radio and the producer of The Up North Lowdown, IPR’s weekly news podcast.
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