Exploring Dark Skies

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🗓️ 13 October 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Where are the darkest skies in the US? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice learn about dark sky efforts, light pollution, and cool places to stargaze with guests astrophysicist Matt O’Dowd, photographer Babak Tafreshi, and national park ranger Bradley Mills.

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by TravelNavada.com.
0:03.6	Up next on StarTalk, we devote an entire episode to Stargazing sponsored by TravelNavada.
0:10.8	Why them? Well, they got clear skies, being mostly in the desert.
0:15.7	Among my guests, we have my friend and astrophysics colleague Matt O'Dowd.
0:21.5	We also have Babat Tifreshi, who's a national geographic astrophotographer.
0:27.9	Yeah, they got those too, and also Bradley Mills, who's a park ranger,
0:33.9	a park ranger who specializes in the astronomy programs of the national park.
0:39.8	All that and more coming up on StarTalk.
0:44.8	Welcome to StarTalk, your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:52.1	StarTalk begins right now.
0:56.9	This is StarTalk, and you know the grass-ticing here, you're a personal astrophysicist.
1:01.9	I got with me my code, Chuck Nice, Chuck. Hey, Neil.
1:05.6	Hey, you know, we do a lot of topics, but I think there's a topic we don't give enough attention to.
1:11.1	Okay. And that's the search for dark skies on Earth.
1:17.1	You know, and as a city person, you know, I grew up in New York City.
1:21.6	Right. The whole notion of a dark sky didn't have many meaning.
1:25.5	Because my only dark sky was the local planetarium, the Hayden Planetarium.
1:29.9	Right. And so our official dark sky, but in a way that's kind of cool,
1:35.1	they created a dark sky just for you.
1:37.8	Yes, knowing I'd come back a few decades later and serve as director.
1:42.6	And you know what? And they're just like, God, that was a good investment. Look at that.
1:47.7	Look how that worked out.
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