Try These Tips for Stargazing
AS THE PAJARITO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER’S (PEEC) planetarium manager, Elizabeth Watts leads stargazing and full moon hikes that teach people how to enjoy our skies after dark. “One of my goals…
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Tag: Stars
Fall in Love with New Mexico's Night Skies
FIVE YEARS AGO, during a Perseid meteor shower in August, my husband and I spent our first night at Cosmic Campground in the Gila National Forest. We’d planned the visit ever since DarkSky (formerly…
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Starry Nights
Twin hoodoos deep in the Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness appear like earthly guardians of the Milky Way. A TARP PROVIDES A BIT of shade for my lounge chair as I attempt a nap. An uncomfortably hot June…
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Essential Elements of Summer
We have all the elements for a fantastic summer season. Illustration by Michael Byers. Hiking Gila's Wilderness A hike in the Gila National Forest trains the eye to follow what matters most. Three…
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Heavens on Earth
Above: Jewels of the night bedeck the sky above the Florida Mountains, in southwestern New Mexico. Photographs by Wayne Suggs. A QUILT OF STARS REFLECTS on the steaming water of one of three hot…
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Our Stars Rule
Above: The night sky night at the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument. Photograph by Jake Werth. At dusk on a cool spring evening, the National Park Service and volunteers from the Albuquerque…
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