Whenever you’re visiting a national park, be sure to spend some time gazing up at the sky at night. If you do so on a clear night when you’re at Natural Bridges National Monument, Yellowstone, the backcountry of Yosemite, or Voyageurs National Park, just to name a handful of parks you’ll be amazed, and possibly overwhelmed, by the stars winking back at you.
It’s been said that the night sky represents the other half of the National Park System. It’s in the national parks where you can experience some of the darkest skies you’ll find anywhere.
Our guest this week knows all about that. Artist, author, astronomer and Night Sky Ambassador Dr. Tyler Nordgren talks with the Traveler’s Lynn Riddick about the cosmic opportunity that the parks offer to teach the public about astronomy.
:02 National Parks Traveler introduction
:12 Episode Introduction with Kurt Repanshek
:47 No’easter - Nature’s Symphony - The Sounds of Acadia
1:13 Nova Scotia Tourism
1:42 Interior Federal Credit Union
2:18 Yosemite Conservancy
2:40 Potrero Group
3:11 Support National Parks Traveler during our year-end fundraising campaign.
4:15 Lynn Riddick explores night skies over the National Park System with Dr. Tyler Nordgren
35:24 Amaranth - Bill Mize - The Sounds of the Great Smoky Mountains
35:44 Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation
36:06 Washington’s National Park Fund
36:41 Friends of Acadia
37:06 North Cascades Institute
37:23 Grand Teton National Park Foundation
37:51 Lynn Riddick's tour of night skies over national parks with Tyler Nordgren continues.
52:55 The Horsemen - Randy Petersen - The Spirit of South Dakota
53:10 Episode Closing
53:38 Orange Tree Productions
54:10 Splitbeard Productions
54:22 National Parks Traveler footer
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 21st, 2021 7:00am
