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Mousetoescamper

(3,502 posts) Fri May 3, 2024, 01:16 PM May 3

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A stellar night at an International Dark Sky Park (x-posted from Photography) [View all]

Wednesday morning (May 1) I traveled to the wilds of northern-tier Pennsylvania for an overnight visit to Cherry Springs State Park, which was named the second international Dark Sky Park in the world in 2008. The park has been classified as a 2 on the Bortle Dark-Sky Scale, which means it has almost no light pollution from human sources. Cherry Springs attracts amateur astronomers and astrophotographers from around the world. I met several amateur astronomers setting up on the park’s observation field before I picked a site and pitched my tent. A gregarious lot, the astronomers were happy to show off their telescopic rigs and share knowledge about the night sky.

The "Big Dipper"

Waning crescent moon rising

Dawn with the rising moon

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A stellar night at an International Dark Sky Park (x-posted from Photography) [View all] Mousetoescamper May 3 OP

Those are GORGEOUS! grumpyduck May 3 #1

Thanks and you're welcome! Mousetoescamper May 3 #4

Glorious photos, and thank you for sharing them here! CaliforniaPeggy May 3 #2

Thanks and you're welcome! Mousetoescamper May 3 #5

ohm myyy. AllaN01Bear May 3 #3

Thanks! Mousetoescamper May 3 #6

Thank you. We used to see this almost every night when I was a kid. Greybnk48 May 3 #7

You're welcome! Mousetoescamper May 3 #8

kick blogslug May 3 #9

Thanks and you're welcome! Mousetoescamper May 3 #10

nice shots moonshinegnomie May 3 #11

Thanks! Mousetoescamper May 3 #18

and with all the et tu May 3 #12

You're welcome! Mousetoescamper May 3 #19

Outstanding!!! Wow. ❤️ littlemissmartypants May 3 #13

Thanks! Mousetoescamper May 3 #20

TYVM for sharing this here. Hekate May 3 #14

You're welcome! Mousetoescamper May 3 #21

As a kid I would spend summers on my grandma's farm in rural Montana (Big Sky Country) OMGWTF May 3 #15

You're welcome! Mousetoescamper May 3 #22

Just think about it GAJMac May 3 #16

I remember seeing a bright Milky Way while I was a child Mousetoescamper May 3 #23

Oh Wow.. Brilliant! Cha May 3 #17

Thanks! Mousetoescamper May 3 #24

YVW and TY! Cha May 3 #25

Awesome photos Duncanpup May 3 #26

Thanks! Mousetoescamper May 3 #27

Beautiful shots! Bayard May 3 #28

Thanks and you're welcome! Mousetoescamper May 3 #29

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