Last Updated January 20, 2026
Join us in several initiatives as we celebrate our 5th Anniversary!
The Michigan Aurora Chasers, established in 2021, turns five years old on January 20, 2026. Thank you for being a part of our community!
#MIAuroraBirthday
More details and links coming soon! For our best links and tools, visit: MichiganAuroraChasers.com/links
Special Projects for Our 5th Anniversary
Happy 5th Anniversary to our beloved community of Michigan Aurora Chasers! We are honored to celebrate this milestone with you, as we welcome a new year of chasing the Northern Lights! As part of our celebration and below, you will find:
- Contests to Win
- Limited Edition 5th Anniversary Shirt: Order Yours Now!
- A Book Project to feature over 100 of your Northern Lights photos: Aurora Projects
- A Video Message from the Founder (posted in the Facebook Group)
- Calling all artists & graphic designers: The 4th Edition Design Contest — Get your graphic designs ready and submit by May 1, 2026!
Contests to Win!
Join us inside the group for photography contests where you could win a free shirt! We are also working on something new. Check back on this webpage for updates.
Limited Edition 5th Anniversary Shirt
Limited Edition 5th Anniversary Shirt Design! The Michigan Aurora Chasers are a fun community with a lot of pride. Show your spirit anywhere you go with our Limited Edition 5th Anniversary T-Shirt! Available in two colors, this simple design lets you tell everyone how long you have been chasing with MAC. You can only get this design this year!
All proceeds will benefit the group and the leadership team, so we can bring you more guided Aurora Chases!
A Book Featuring Over 100 Photos from You: Shape of the Sky Project
New Anthology Coming! Founder Melissa F. Kaelin will lead the community in creating a compilation of over 100 Northern Lights photos from around Michigan, which will be published in a hardcover anthology book featuring your full-color photographs! The work-intensive project of collecting submissions, signing publishing contracts, and designing the book and sending it to print is expected to take about a year.
Once published, the book will be available for purchase everywhere, available anytime, on the internet, and it will likely be sold on publisher websites such as Barnes and Noble, Bookshop.org, and Amazon, to name a few. It will also be available for wholesale and store sales, as requested.
As a working title, Melissa is calling this the Shape of the Sky Project!
5th Anniversary Video Message
Sit back, relax, and enjoy a celebratory message from our team! Founder Melissa F. Kaelin, and potentially others, will be dropping in to express their joy and gratitude for our community on YouTube and Facebook, perhaps other places too. A link to the founder’s message will appear below on January 20th, and you can watch for more messages inside the Michigan Aurora Chasers group.
Feel free to post your own video message inside the Facebook Group, or post it on social media and tag us! Have we helped you catch the Northern Lights? We also welcome you to publicly Tell Us Your Story.
4th Edition Design Contest
Artists & Graphic Designers! Win a Cash Prize in the 4th Edition Design Contest! Enter the 4th Edition Graphic Design Contest for your chance to win a cash prize of $150, and to see your artwork on shirts and gear around the world, representing the Michigan Aurora Chasers. We’re looking for a design that illustrates who the Michigan Aurora Chasers are, no photographs please because they are difficult to have mass-printed.
Deadline to enter is May 1, 2026. Learn more about the 4th Edition Design Contest at the link below.
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