In Leadville, Colo., where mountain peaks scrape the sky and stargazers gather by quiet lakes, the community is working to keep its nights dark. Town leaders are applying for DarkSky International certification, a step that would cut light pollution and make the[...]
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As light pollution increases, West Texas works to protect the world’s largest ‘dark sky reserve’
In the Davis Mountains of West Texas, the stars still come out in full. At McDonald Observatory, under some of the darkest skies left in North America, families gather, telescopes turn skyward, and kids marvel at the Milky Way. This stretch of[...]