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Night Sky Tourist loves the #OptOutside movement! I’ve got some fun ideas for you to craft your own OptOutside experience under the stars.

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REI #OptOutisde: https://www.rei.com/blog/social/the-history-of-opt-outside 

Episode 29- Transform Your Life Outdoors with Amy Bushatz: https://nightskytourist.com/29/ 

52 Hike Challenge: https://www.52hikechallenge.com/ 

Episode 32- 1000 Hours Outside with Ginny Yurich: https://nightskytourist.com/32/ 

Episode 35- Wild Nights Out with Chris Salisbury: https://nightskytourist.com/35/ 

“Wild Nights Out: The Magic of Exploring the Outdoors after Day” by Chris Salisbury: https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/wild-nights-out/ 

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Night Sky Tourist is celebrating our anniversary with a stellar episode. Be sure to vote in our poll on Spotify for this episode before it closes!

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Episode 29- Humans Outside with Amy Bushatz: https://nightskytourist.com/29/ 

Episode 2- Lights Out! with Marsha Diane Arnold: https://nightskytourist.com/2-2/ 

Episode 54- Night Sky-Themed Children’s Books feat. Marsha Diane Arnold: https://nightskytourist.com/54/ 

Episode 9- Mayan Archaeoastronomy with Dr. Anthony Aveni: https://nightskytourist.com/9-2/ 

“Star Talk Radio” with Neil deGrasse Tyson: https://startalkmedia.com/ 

Episode 44- Calendars, Clocks & Seasonal Living with Ric Alling: https://nightskytourist.com/44-2/ 

Debi Novotny (children’s book author): https://www.debinovotny.com/ 

Osha Gray Davidson: https://www.instagram.com/oshadavidson/?hl=en 

“The Best of Enemies”: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4807408/ 

Star Dudes: https://nightskytourist.com/stardudes/ 

Adero Scottsdale Resort: https://www.aderoscottsdale.com/ 

Fountain Hills Dark Sky Association: https://fhdarksky.com/ 

International Dark Sky Discovery Center: https://darkskycenter.org/

Sonoran Conservancy of Fountain Hills: https://www.scfh.org/ 

Badlands Observatory: https://www.badlandsobservatory.com/ 

Spotify- Night Sky Tourist: https://open.spotify.com/show/6hCyMBYLgmOQknyN54JKpN 

Mark Derksen- Dirk’s Electric:https://dirkselectric.com/ 

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We take a little trip in this episode to the Emerald Isle of Ireland to chat with Georgia MacMillan. Georgia is the Development Officer for Ireland’s Mayo Dark Sky Park. She shares some great places for stargazing, which include observatories built in castles! She also shares about the newest International Dark Sky Park and the exciting events that they host each year. Get your green on and let’s check this place out together.

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Dark Sky Ireland: https://www.darksky.ie 

Mayo Dark Skies on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mayodarkskies 

Mayo Dark Sky Park: https://www.mayodarkskypark.ie 

Mayo Dark Sky Festival: https://www.mayodarkskyfestival.ie 

Karen Weeks (rowed the Atlantic solo): https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/healthandwellbeing/arid-40821162.html 

Light Pollution Map: https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=4.00&lat=45.8720&lon=14.5470&state=eyJiYXNlbWFwIjoiTGF5ZXJCaW5nUm9hZCIsIm92ZXJsYXkiOiJ3YV8yMDE1Iiwib3ZlcmxheWNvbG9yIjpmYWxzZSwib3ZlcmxheW9wYWNpdHkiOjYwLCJmZWF0dXJlc29wYWNpdHkiOjg1fQ== 

Josh Dury Photo Media: https://www.joshduryphoto-media.com 

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Glacier National Park is one of the most scenic and amazing parks in the United States. Known as the backbone of the country, it is home to enormous glaciers, the largest population of bears in the lower 48 states, and extraordinary starry night skies. It’s also home to the Dusty Star Observatory and the Logan Pass Star Parties. Glacier is not kidding when it says, “Half the park is after dark.” Dori Gorczyca is the Lead Interpreter and Astronomy Coordinator in St. Mary at the East Entrance to Glacier National Park. We chat about how to have an amazing experience at the park by day and by night.

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Glacier National Park: https://www.nps.gov/glac/ 

Glacier’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GlacierNPS 

Glacier’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glaciernps/

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The night sky holds more than the moon and stars. It’s also home to migrating birds that mostly make their journeys at night. I chat with Andrew Farnsworth of Cornell Lab of Ornithology about the impact of light pollution on migrating birds. He shares easy solutions that homeowners and business owners can use to help protect our feathered friends from collisions with buildings while navigating at night.

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Cornell Lab of Ornithology: https://www.birds.cornell.edu/

BirdCast: https://birdcast.info 

Audobon Lights Out Program: https://www.audubon.org/lights-out-program 

Merlin app: https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org 

eBird app: https://ebird.org/ 

Project FeederWatch: https://feederwatch.org 

NestWatch: https://nestwatch.org 

Bird Academy: https://academy.allaboutbirds.org 

Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky- exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: https://naturalhistory.si.edu/exhibits/lights-out 

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If you’ve never seen the Milky Way reflecting over a lake, you need to visit Prineville Reservoir State Park in Central Oregon. George Faria, the Park Ranger Supervisor, gives us an inside look at this certified International Dark Sky Park and it will inspire you to load up the car and head to the West Coast.

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Prineville Reservoir State Park: https://stateparks.oregon.gov/index.cfm?do=park.profile&parkId=26

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Ohio might not seem like a place to enjoy great night skies, but Observatory Park is an exception. Chris Mentrek, a naturalist and the park’s astronomy and nature educator, gives us an inside look at the park and will leave you longing to visit.

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Observatory Park: https://www.geaugaparkdistrict.org/park/observatory-park/  

Great Basin National Park Astronomy Festival: https://www.nps.gov/grba/planyourvisit/great-basin-astronomy-festival.htm 

“Stargazer Inn at Nevada’s Great Basin with Liz Woolsey” Night Sky Tourist podcast episode: https://nightskytourist.com/59/

Dark Sky International (formerly International Dark Sky Association): https://darksky.org 

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Ted Blank returns to Night Sky Tourist to talk about occultations and his latest adventure in recording one from his backyard. Astronomy is the oldest science, and it’s one of the only sciences that still relies on amateurs to help gather data. Ted shares how you can use your free time to record occultations and contribute to science.

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International Occultation Timing Association: https://occultations.org 

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Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas has some of the most well-preserved dark skies in the country. I chat with Jason Gablaski, the lead dark sky ranger at the park, about the best time of year for stargazing events, cultural astronomy of the indigenous people of the region, and things you can do during the day when you visit.

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Big Bend National Park: ⁠https://www.nps.gov/bibe/⁠ 

Big Bend on Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/BigBendNPS⁠ 

Big Bend on Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/BigBendNPS/⁠ 

Smithsonian’s “Lights Out: Recovering Our Night Sky” exhibit: ⁠https://naturalhistory.si.edu/exhibits/lights-out⁠ 

“Why Earth Wobbles with a Drunken Stagger”- Night Sky Tourist article: ⁠https://nightskytourist.com/wobble/⁠ 

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