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Astro Tourism From the great houses of Chaco to the cliff palaces of Mesa Verde in southwestern Colorado, and even to the remains of a contemporaneous Freemont Culture village outside Great Basin, we see signs of inhabitants who paid attention to the sky and the motions of the Sun and possibly the Moon in order to survive. These astronomical 34 May 2012 sky & telescope Listen to a BONUS AUDIO INTERVIEW To view more images and to listen to an interview with author Tyler Nordgren, visit skypub.com/natparks. traditions live on in the modern pueblos of the Southwest today and are therefore our link to people across cultures and time. Astronomers have long been here. FOUR ANNUAL NIGHT SKY FESTIVALS Bryce Canyon May 17–20, 2012 Great Basin June 14–16, 2012 Grand Canyon June 16–23, 2012 Acadia September 13–17, 2012 CHACO CULTURE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK Ancient Pueblo Peoples created Casa Rinconada approximately 1,000 years ago, in what is now northwestern New Mexico. Contact local astronomy clubs for more information about smaller star parties in nearby national parks. As I get ready to leave Great Basin National Park and prepare for my long drive back to the bright lights of Los Angeles, I take a moment to refl ect and walk through a small cabin set up next to the old Lehman Caves National Monument visitor center. On its walls are framed photos of the fi rst Westerners to come here looking for gold, then tourism. On the very last wall I see a newspaper article from April 1885 announcing the “discovery” of these caves of “wondrous beauty” and that a stalactite weighing about 500 pounds (230 kg) has been removed from inside the cave and placed there beside a monument to mark the recent transit of Venus. Yes, astronomers have been here for a very long time, and due to the encroaching lights of civilization, now more than ever the parks will be a haven for astronomers in the future. ✦ Tyler Nordgren is an astronomer at the University of Redlands and author of the 2010 book Stars Above, Earth Below: A Guide to Astronomy in the National Parks.
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