Leigh Ann Henion, 37, spent two years witnessing some of the world's most amazing natural sights, including the aurora borealis in the Arctic and Catatumbo lightning in Venezuela. The writer, who lives in Boone, NC, explores awe-seeking travel in her book, Phenomenal: A Hesitant Adventurer's Search for Wonder in the Natural World.
Leigh Ann Henion chats with us about writing Phenomenal, in which she combines her experiences as a parent with a panoramic tour of the world's most extraordinary natural wonders.
Leigh Ann Henion is a writer from North Carolina who has written a kind of Eat, Pray, Love—next generation. She's traveled the world to be in the presence of the phenomenal—natural happenings which evoke unbridled wonder...In Hawai‘i, she studied the phenomenon of infrasound, low frequency sounds created by volcanoes.
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