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New York

  • Lake Champlain sits nestled between Vermont, New York, and Quebec. For 18 days in 1998, it was designated as a Great Lake along with Lake Huron, Lake Ontario, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, and Lake Superior. (credit: Wikimedia / NARA)
    A Good, Not Great Lake
    Ruth Abramovitz
    Lake Champlain is more than 16 times smaller than Lake Ontario, the smallest Great Lake. But in 1998, Congress designated Lake Champlain as the sixth Great Lake, teeing off a historical and cultural fight over which lakes can really call themselves Great.
  • The moments leading up to the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 at the Lake Ontario beach at Black Pond Wildlife Management Area in Henderson, New York. Meghan Hetfield and Roni PIllischer were awestruck by the event, but left wondering why the sand squeaked when they walked on it. (credit: Meghan Hetfield / Roni Pillischer)
    The Squeaky Sand Phenomenon
    Daniel Wanschura
    On April 8, 2024, Meghan Hetfield and her partner Roni Pillischer witnessed a total solar eclipse over Lake Ontario. But in the middle of this intense and beautiful experience, something else kept grabbing their attention: the mystery of the squeaky sand all around them.
  • Northern Michigan
    Pandemic Stories: New York dream deferred
    Analise Buhr dreamed of studying fashion design in New York and moved to the city near the end of 2019 to pursue her dream.All of that was swept away in a…