Tag: International Dark-sky Association
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Chasing stars in rare, dark skies beyond Colorado Springs
FLORISSANT • Out of the bright visitor center and into the night, David Warner asks you to stop. Look around, he says here at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument. You might feel disoriented, he says. That’s normal — it’s a staggering change from that kind of light to this kind of darkness. “We were just…
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Stargazing at Colorado’s otherworldly dunes, and the plight of dark skies beyond
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save MOSCA • The campground opened for the season this month, and of course it was full. Of course people from near and far came for this certain spring awakening in Colorado’s most mystical realm. “A delight,” one camper called the celestial show over Great Sand…