23: Lights in the Sky. Great Sand Dunes National Park

National Park After Dark

Audioboom Studios

True Crime, Places & Travel, Wilderness, Society & Culture, Sports

4.8 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

For this week’s adventure, we are heading to somewhere that prides itself on exploration of the Park after dark. Bring those night vision goggles and an open mind as we travel to Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes National Park where we discuss one of the state’s longest running unsolved mystery - the case of Snippy the horse, lights in the sky above Colorado, and contemplate the age-old question – are we alone?

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Sources: Wikipedia. Dark Sky Association. Colorado National Park Trips. UFO Watchtower. NPS.

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0:31.0	When's the last time you looked at the night sky?
0:34.0	I mean, really, looked.
0:36.0	If you can't remember, you're like most of us here on Earth,
0:39.0	ants on a giant ant hill, scurrying around,
0:42.0	busy as can be in our own little bubbles.
0:45.0	But let's change that.
0:46.0	Take out your Confiest Blanket and spread it out over the sand.
0:50.0	Lie on your back and stretch out your arms.
0:53.0	Feel the greens trickle through your fingers.
0:56.0	Did you know that for each grain of sand on Earth,
0:59.0	there are roughly 10,000 stars.
1:01.0	Now look around you at the towering dunes as they dwarf you.
1:05.0	These are the tallest dunes in North America,
1:08.0	holding 4.8 billion cubic meters of sand.
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