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My dark sky sites
Started by vbert, 06/21/2004 03:44AM
Posted 06/21/2004 03:44AM
Opening Post
Posted 06/24/2004 04:34AM
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Vincent:
Thanks for starting this thread and the descriptions and photos.
I'd like to see more pics and hear about other observers' dark sky sites.
The ones often used here on the Colorado Front Range are shown at:
http://ncastro.org/spsites.html
Campgrounds are a mixed blessing, but I've had good luck at Devils Garden in Utah's Arches National Park (sites on the east side of the road), and Pebble Creek in Yellowstone National Park (with friendly, supportive rangers, but the occasional grizzly bear--I hang my bear spray on the tripod spreader). Drawbacks are smoke and ash from nieghbor campfires and need for quiet late at night. Someone should start a list of good observing campgrounds.
Bill Travis
Thanks for starting this thread and the descriptions and photos.
I'd like to see more pics and hear about other observers' dark sky sites.
The ones often used here on the Colorado Front Range are shown at:
http://ncastro.org/spsites.html
Campgrounds are a mixed blessing, but I've had good luck at Devils Garden in Utah's Arches National Park (sites on the east side of the road), and Pebble Creek in Yellowstone National Park (with friendly, supportive rangers, but the occasional grizzly bear--I hang my bear spray on the tripod spreader). Drawbacks are smoke and ash from nieghbor campfires and need for quiet late at night. Someone should start a list of good observing campgrounds.
Bill Travis
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