Wherever you live, there’s a good chance 2018 tempted you to run away. We’re OK with that. In fact, we’ve been vetting likely destinations and we’ve found 10— three in the U.S., the rest scattered around the planet that beckon you to escape. Several are islands...
New paper: picking spectrum to reduce adverse effects of lights on wildlife Back during the Ecological Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting conference in 2002, the prescient Steven Pauley made a strong argument that blue light should be avoided in outdoor lighting for human health reasons and...
Ready to get your dark on? Take a trip into Central Idaho’s recently designated Dark Sky Reserve. Google “light pollution” and you’ll pull up heaps of maps that wash just about everything east of the Mississippi in greens, reds (and sometimes white). The colors indicate levels...
Deep in the mountains of Central Idaho lies one of the darkest nighttime spots in the US. The International Dark-Sky Association, a nonprofit led by two astronomers, has declared a 1,416-square-mile area in Idaho's Sawtooth National Recreation Area as the country's first gold-certified Dark Sky Reserve. That...
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr3wwB4iUYg&feature=youtu.be[/embed] By: Lynn Mason-Pattnosh Eye On Sun Valley ...
The glittering diamonds of the Milky Way over the Sawtooth National Recreation Area will be preserved for future stargazers, as the International Dark-Sky Association on Monday approved the nation’s first dark sky reserve. The 1,416-square-mile reserve also includes the communities of Stanley, Ketchum and Sun Valley. It is the...
Stargazers in search of pristine views of the night sky should be heading to Idaho. The International Dark Sky Association (IDA) approved the Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve’s application to become the first dark sky reserve in the United States on Monday. It is now one of 12 official...
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y56JEg8x16Y[/embed] A Dark Sky Reserve is an accreditation awarded to a locale by the International Dark Sky Association (IDSA) acknowledging exceptional night sky brilliance and community commitment to minimize artificial light pollution to protect this unique quality. On December 18th, 2017 the South Central Idaho Dark...
Amigas, this summer I was invited to explore America’s first gold-tier international dark sky reserve, which is one of only 12 in the world. The reserve was recently accredited just a few months ago, so with the perseid meteor shower coming through this summer, it was expected...
Resorts, parks and attractions in the United States, Canada, Mexico and beyond are expanding the galaxy of what has become known as astrotourism. Like watching the sunset, seeking out the Big Dipper in the night sky is a vacation ritual. But in the past five years, according to experts, the term...