ANN ARBOR, MI (MPRN)— For some state park visitors, the fall colors this year are going to be a completely new experience.
John Pepin is with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. He says some people are unable to enjoy the experience of seeing the gold, red, and orange hues of fall.
If you're a colorblind visitor to the park, it looks more greenish brownish than it does the vibrant, beautiful colors of fall that that area is famous for.
At the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park, scenic viewers have been fitted with lenses that help people actually see those colors.
Pepin says at the unveiling some guests with colorblindness teared up when they first saw colors they had never seen before.
The company, EnChroma, that’s behind the lenses also makes eyeglasses. In some states, tourism bureaus and libraries are looking into them with the idea of lending or renting them to visitors.
Ludington State Park also has a viewer fitted for people with colorblindness.