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Boundary Waters Quetico Forum Listening Point - General Discussion BWCA designated a Dark Sky Sanctuary |
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09/10/2020 07:41PM
That's SO great! I just learned about this and its sister programs when visiting Voyageurs National Park this summer.
I woke up one of the mornings around 3:30 a.m. (in VNP) to a clear night sky, to be treated to [hands down] the most spectacular star gazing I've ever seen in my life! There were constellations I've never seen before, and a certain pattern of twinkling lights...
TBH - it made me nearly cry it was so beautiful.
I woke up one of the mornings around 3:30 a.m. (in VNP) to a clear night sky, to be treated to [hands down] the most spectacular star gazing I've ever seen in my life! There were constellations I've never seen before, and a certain pattern of twinkling lights...
TBH - it made me nearly cry it was so beautiful.
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09/11/2020 10:45AM
This is great! One of the fondest memories I have is sitting on a rock on our campsite from my first canoe trip to the BWCA in 1967, watching the night sky every night.
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09/11/2020 04:32PM
Back in June we were enjoying a night out on the rocks with no clouds or moon and an incredible star display. Then we saw a trail of evenly spaced sattelites (maybe fifty satellites?) trail across the middle of the sky! Elon Musk's Starlink satellites we assumed. Anyone else seen this? Kind of a bummer that the night sky has to be marred by this.
09/11/2020 05:06PM
djwillco: "Back in June we were enjoying a night out on the rocks with no clouds or moon and an incredible star display. Then we saw a trail of evenly spaced sattelites (maybe fifty satellites?) trail across the middle of the sky! Elon Musk's Starlink satellites we assumed. Anyone else seen this? Kind of a bummer that the night sky has to be marred by this. "
Correct - that is the starlink satellites. I thought it was really cool the first time I saw it and then the more I thought about it the more pissed off I became.
09/12/2020 07:56AM
woodsandwater: "Wonderful! I am always awed looking to the sky and seeing the stars when I have to get up to pee in the wee morning hours!"
I was just thinking one of the advantages of getting older is that you have to get up in the middle of the night and go outside to take care of business. Then you look up and think, yes it was worth the hassle.
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09/12/2020 08:39AM
Captn Tony: "woodsandwater: "Wonderful! I am always awed looking to the sky and seeing the stars when I have to get up to pee in the wee morning hours!"
I was just thinking one of the advantages of getting older is that you have to get up in the middle of the night and go outside to take care of business. Then you look up and think, yes it was worth the hassle. "
Ha!
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