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In the dark

Posted 12-28-2006 by Laura Baird

I haven't seen many dark skies. I guess I'm just a city girl. It's easy to forget to look up when there's not much to see except Orion and the Moon. I've seen them before. But I've been to Kitt Peak in Arizona, where I marveled at the number of stars. And I spent a summer living in the Greek countryside, where the Milky Way was bright overhead. The "Online extra" for February's "Simple steps to save the night sky," lists the United States' darkest national parks. Can you guess what they are? Have you been to any of them? Where are your favorite spots to just take it all in?

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  Laura Baird is an associate editor of Astronomy magazine who loves watching the stars come out in the evening.
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