A team from the CBS Sunday Morning show recently came out to the Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve to do a story about photographing the stars. The segment that aired on September 13, 2020 includes stunning images of the night sky and underscores the importance...
Just before midnight at the Galena summit in central Idaho’s remote Blaine County, the stars are putting on a show. Orion stretches across the heavens, with the blue-white Rigel as its brightest jewel. The constellation Cassiopeia glows as a sideways W. To the right of...
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....
On a clear night in Boise, you can make out constellations in the night sky — Orion and the Big Dipper, maybe one of the zodiacs if you know where to look. But in remote parts of Idaho, there are so many stars that it’s a...
Plenty of people questioned my decision last year to fly from New York City to Salt Lake City, then to Boise, and then drive nearly three hours to Sun Valley, Idaho, all for “some stars.” But at 2 a.m., sitting on the hood of my rental car a...
There's a strange irony to a professional gambler giving the response "Las Vegas Strip," and losing thousands for it. That's what almost happened for James Holzhauer, the 27-time "Jeopardy!" champion, pro sports gambler and Vegas resident who clinched his most recent win on Friday. He nearly lost the Final Jeopardy round. That...
[embed]https://youtu.be/gaaT2kbBwKY[/embed] It’s all about the moon, the stars and the mountains on this epic adventure. Explore a parallel universe, conquer the turns of Idaho’s rugged mountains, and settle in to view the dazzling night sky as you’ve never seen it before....
Click here to watch Michael Marlin's TED Talk Humans' lust for light endangers the planet and impacts the climate in ways we never see, because the business of making light is very dark. Michael Marlin uses entertainment to reconnect us with the wonders of darkness, and...
By: Wendy MacNaughton New York Times ...
WHY WE WROTE THIS Illumination has come to signify societal progress. But some communities are starting to find new value in darkness. On this darkest night of the year, our reporter reflects on a quest to find true darkness – and to restore her connection to the...