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Web links for Sky News magazine column on Jasper
In the May/June 2012 issue of Sky News: The Canadian Magazine of Astronomy & Stargazing, I look at Jasper National Park and Dark Sky Preserve (the world’s largest dark sky preserve, by a factor of 10!) in the Canadian Rockies. … Continue reading
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Sky News column web extras: Bruce Peninsula
**Links mentioned in the March/April 2012 Wilderness Astronomer column in the print edition of Sky News Magazine** In addition to the fabulous features of the Bruce Peninsula and surrounding area chronicled in Sky News Magazine, I’d like to share with … Continue reading
Meteors over Canada’s shipwreck capital
Wrapping up our rattlesnake tour of Canadian stargazing destinations, we stopped by Bruce Peninsula National Park/Fathom Five National Marine Reserve and Dark Sky Preserve. (WEB RESOURCES AT BOTTOM OF POST) Though it has fewer venomous snakes than Grasslands dark sky … Continue reading
First Nations stars on the prairies
On the way back from the Canadian Science Writers’ Association conference just over a month ago, we stopped by the town of Val Marie, SK (pop. 136) on the edge of Grasslands National Park. The lone (and lone) prairie habitat … Continue reading