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- The Atacama Desert, Chile. Northern Chile's stark Atacama Desert is the driest place on Earth, if you exclude the North and South Poles. It receives mere millimeters of rain during any given year, with the driest sections receiving even less than a millimeter.
- Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah, United States. The Natural Bridges National Monument in remote Lake Powell, Utah, was the first certified International Dark Sky Park, a designation bestowed by the International Dark-Sky Association, the leading organization combating light pollution worldwide.
- Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park, Japan. Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park, located in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture, was the first place in Japan to receive International Dark Sky Places accreditation (and the second in all of Asia — the first was Yeongyang Firefly Eco Park in South Korea).
- Kruger National Park, South Africa. The largest game reserve in South Africa, Kruger National Park encompasses more than 7,500 square miles. Most visitors come hoping for a sighting of the famous Big Five — lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants, and water buffalo — as well as a luxurious stay in a high-end safari lodge.
4 days ago · Sirius rises late in the dark, liquid sky On summer nights, star of stars, Orion's Dog they call it, brightest Of all, but an evil portent, bringing heat And fevers to suffering humanity.
6 days ago · A star is a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by self-gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night; their immense distances from Earth make them appear as fixed points of light.
6 days ago · A peculiar cluster of stars swirling around the violent center of the Milky Way could become "immortal" by continuously capturing and destroying dark matter particles in their cores, a new...
Jun 10, 2024 · Hubble Finds Surprises Around a Star That Erupted 40 Years Ago. NASA Hubble Mission Team. Goddard Space Flight Center. Jun 10, 2024. Article. This artist’s concept shows the nova system HM Sagittae (HM Sge), where a white dwarf star is pulling material from its red giant companion.
May 29, 2024 · If you’re an avid stargazer, you’ll be all over dark sky parks and just how magnificent they are. The wide-open spaces offer killer clear skies due to the limitation of street lights, lights turning off at a certain hour each night and the removal of upward-facing lights.
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Jun 12, 2024 · “But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.” ― Martin Luther King, Jr.
