The sky is filled with stars, as seen from Windy Point on Slumgullion Pass in the San Juan Mountains on Jan. 13, 2021. The winter constellation Orion is in the middle of the photo but is hard to see amidst all of the other stars visible in the night sky. The trees are lit from the headlights of a car.
San Luis Valley and Southern Colorado making history with our Dark Skies...
"SLUMGULLION PASS — Silent stars sparkle across the night sky and reflect off alpine snowfields like scattered diamonds, a treasure southwestern [all of Southern] Colorado towns are mobilizing to protect as never before by declaring dark zones.
Celestial views from remote spots, such as this pass at 11,530 feet in the San Juan Mountains, measure almost totally free of the artificial light that increasingly blots out starry skies in cities worldwide."
Read more at:
https://www.greeleytribune.com/2021/01/17/colorado-dark-skies-preservation/
#crestone #lakecity #creede #laveta #westcliffe #coloradostargazing #mysticsanluisvalley
"SLUMGULLION PASS — Silent stars sparkle across the night sky and reflect off alpine snowfields like scattered diamonds, a treasure southwestern [all of Southern] Colorado towns are mobilizing to protect as never before by declaring dark zones.
Celestial views from remote spots, such as this pass at 11,530 feet in the San Juan Mountains, measure almost totally free of the artificial light that increasingly blots out starry skies in cities worldwide."
Read more at:
https://www.greeleytribune.com/2021/01/17/colorado-dark-skies-preservation/
#crestone #lakecity #creede #laveta #westcliffe #coloradostargazing #mysticsanluisvalley
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