Posted on 12/27/2017 6:27:39 AM PST by C19fan
In the Sawtooth Mountains of central Idaho, 1,416 square miles (3,668 square kilometers) of land has been named the country's first International Dark Sky Reserve by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA), the leading organization that fights against the light pollution that slowly swallows our view of the universe.
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I am still trying to get to Oki-Tex in far western Oklahoma.
It’s not only dark there, it’s dry. Suppose to be one of the darkest places in the lower 48.
Seeing the Milky Way isn’t that hard if you know what you’re looking for. I see it all the time from where I live, about 2 miles out of town and about 1 mile from a Sam’s/Wal-mart complex. On the other hand, east of me is pretty much nothing until you get to Morocco.
Our Dark Sky site about 60 miles out of town, does have some light domes, but, on a dry night, you can see dark lanes in the Milky Way that you didn’t even know were there. No problems with seeing 12+ magnitude galaxies and nebula.
Most states have a “White Mountains.”
> Most states have a “White Mountains.”
How many have more visitors than Yosemite and Yellowstone combined?
Sure helps when the White Mountains are a suburb of Boston...
The likely result of too many CA transplants. After all, they’re not too bright.
How the stars are lite at night.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2017/05/03/TELEMMGLPICT000127504063-xlarge_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqQgJnf3UCJElVRB5dP5CNpXUAIOTVe0aowspaSAcZV9o.jpeg
Those are just the streetlights for the hyperspeed highways ...
Wow!
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