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Michigan History: Harriet's Daring Flight

Harriet Quimby by Aerofossile2012 Harriet Quimby was always ready for a challenge. One of her biggest came on April 16, 1912, when she flew across the English Channel. Born near Manistee, Michigan, on May 11, 1875, Harriet Quimby moved…
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Say hello to 30,000

Brooke's photo was the the 30,000th added to the Absolute Michigan pool on Flickr. In kind of a cool synchronicity, it was added on Saturday (March 15) which happened to be Flickr's 4th anniversary. A big thanks to all the 1080+ photographers…
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The Week for March 10-16, 2008

Rusty Old Boat by ~Jetta Girl~ The Week is a place for comments and links to news from the week, interesting blog posts, cool video and media, coming events, new web sites added to Absolute Michigan and other stuff you find on these Michigan…
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Michigan Neighborhoods: Heritage Hills in Grand Rapids

Tower of Power by docksidepress Heritage Hill has 1,300 homes that date from 1848 and representing over 60 architectural styles. To understand just how diverse these styles can be, visit the Voight House Museum, a beautiful example of Queen…
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The Week for March 3-9, 2008

We're going to use the week to post comments with news from the week, interesting blog posts, cool video and media, coming events, new web sites added to Absolute Michigan and other items of note. We invite you to do the same! The photo…
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Michigan History: The Tri-Motor Conquers the South Pole

1929 Ford Tri-Motor by Fernando Gomes Semedo Six hours into their flight, the four explorers aboard the Floyd Bennett, a specially equipped Ford Tri-Motor airplane, stared at the mountain range ahead, blocking their way. Veteran pilot Bernt…
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The Lunar Eclipse in Michigan

Erich titled this photo Sparty and the Moon. There's a number of great photos of last night's lunar eclipse at the eclipse tag in the Absolute Michigan pool and many more at Total Lunar Eclipse of February 20, 2008 on Michigan in Pict…
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Detroit Tigers Spring Training 2008

Welcome to a special Detroit Tigers Spring Training edition of Five Things you need to know about Michigan where we pucker up for a platefull of Grapefruit League goodness! Spring Training with the Detroit Tigers Last year on Absolute…
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Happy Valentine's Day, Michigan!

The photo above is georgia | graffiti alley 2 by nicole, finder of Georgia the duck and founder of the detroit ducks & beyond group on Flickr are getting into the spirit Clouds, leaves and even the deer are getting into the holiday…
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Full Moon (cabin) Fever - February 20, 2008 Eclipse

ode to moonball by postpurchase postpurchase writes: another image from the full moon rise from last november. unfortunately, ann arbor is located just in the right spot to receive seemingly continuous cloud cover generated by lake michigan…
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One Thousand ... and beyond

Suzy (taylorcraft75) was the 1000th photographer to join the Absolute Michigan photo group on Flickr. It's impossible to do justice to the impact all of these photographers have on Absolute Michigan. All I can say is thank you all for…
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Jerry Linengar: Five Months in Space

Jerry Linenger is one of more than a dozen Michiganians who have been (or still are) astronauts. Born in 1955 in Eastpoint (a Detroit suburb), Linengar graduated from East Detroit High School and earned a degree from Wayne State University.…