Welcome to the Pratt Lab blog! Dr. Kerri Pratt is an assistant professor in the Departments of Chemistry and Earth & Environmental Sciences and faculty associate of the Program in the Environment at the University of Michigan. We study the chemical interactions of atmospheric trace gases, particles, clouds, and snow, with a focus on the Polar Regions and wintertime environments. Our interdisciplinary research has relevance to climate change, air quality, and human health. As an analytical chemistry lab, we primarily apply novel mass spectrometry techniques to our field research. We invite you to follow our adventures in (and outside!) the lab!

Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Northern Lights!

On our drive out to the tundra lab this morning, we saw the northern lights!
Glow of the sun below the horizon and the tundra lab with green streaks above!
View toward the town of Barrow

Chemical ionization mass spectrometer inside the "lab" - really just a shed on the permafrost (with a great view!)
Caribou grazing by the lab
Flyover by a C-17(?) aircraft!
Gorgeous sunset at the lab

Kyle and Angela's experiments are going well now, so I will start my journey back to Ann Arbor, MI tomorrow night…I will be sad to leave!
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  1. JamesJanuary 1, 2020 at 3:56 AM

    Amazing northern lights. I visited in November and it was the wonderful Alaska northern lights tours.

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