Areas recognized for their pristine dark skies are the perfect place to catch a glimpse of celestial phenomena.
Published Nov 15, 2014
The small, isolated island in the South Pacific Ocean has been named the first “dark-sky nation.”
Published Apr 13, 2020
Established in 1975, the park saw fur traders nearly two centuries earlier, and it supported human inhabitants thousands of years before that. Today, almost a third of the park is water, and travel through the park is usually by boat.
Published Oct 1, 2006
The park sits at the eastern edge of the Paunsaugant Plateau, and the ridgeline offers stunning views across southern Utah.
Published Jun 25, 2006
The park stretches through the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia.
Published Sep 8, 2003
Americans celebrate the 75th anniversary of Shenandoah National Park, just 75 miles from Washington, DC, but worlds away in spirit.
Published Jun 25, 2011
The park encompasses about 37,000 hectares of the Sonora Desert.
Published Jul 24, 2005
The lush forests of Egmont National Park, on New Zealand‘s North Island, contrast with the pasturelands outside the circular park boundaries. The unique shape of the park results from its first protection in 1881, which specified that a forest reserve would extend in a 9.6-kilometer radius from the summit of Mt. Taranaki (named Mt. Egmont by Captain Cook). The park covers about 33,500 hectares and Mt. Egmont stands 2518 meters tall. The volcano began forming 70,000 years ago, and last erupted in 1755. A series of montane habitats occur in procession up the flanks of the volcano—from rainforest, to shrubs, to alpine, and finally snow cover.
Published Jun 2, 2002
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