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Are you ready to take a walk on the dark side with me?

To really get a feel for just how awe-inspiring the night sky is,
it needs to be dark — really dark. Here at Glacier National
Park, you can experience true darkness and see the night sky in
all its glory.

Currently, two-thirds of Americans cannot see the Milky Way from
their backyard, and if current light pollution trends continue,
there will be almost no dark skies left in the contiguous United
States by 2025.

But stargazing isn't the only important reason to turn out the
lights. Wildlife is impacted by light pollution because animals
often depend on darkness in order to hunt, conceal their
location, navigate, or reproduce. Plants (and humans and even us
dogs!) are affected by artificial light because it disrupts our
natural cycles.

We were pretty excited here in Glacier when the park was
designated the world’s first cross-boundary Dark Sky Park in
2017, along with Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada. So that
means that when you and generations of future visitors come to
the park in the future, you'll be treated to the same starry
skies our ancestors could see.

I, for one, am so excited about the brand new observatory outside
the St. Mary Visitor Center. Thanks to donations to the Glacier
Conservancy, the next time you visit, you'll be able to step
inside this dome and look deep into space. How awesome is that?!

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