So, as it were, on the evening of August 22nd 50 people gathered at Sod House Ranch for the annual Malheur After Dark event featuring a night sky with a Black Moon. Attendees of all ages came from as close as the Narrows or Double O Rd and as far flung as Portland and Boise.
Harney County just got its 4th SQM up and running thanks to coordination between DarkSky Oregon, Friends of Malheur NWR, and Hines Middle School Science Teacher Katie Sorenson.
The Friends of Malheur NWR are kicking off National Wildlife Refuge Celebration Week with an evening of fun in honor of Malheur NWR and the mystical dark skies that blanket the Refuge.
Written by Teresa Wicks, Portland Audubon Society Eastern Oregon Field Coordinator/Photo by Tara Lemezis, Portland Audubon “and suddenly I sawthe heavensUnfastenedand open,Planets,palpitating plantations,shadow perforated,Riddledwith arrows, fire and flowers,the winding night,
Written by Peter Pearsall/Photo by Peter Pearsall We live in an era when natural darkness is increasingly hard to find, banished as it is by the ubiquity of artificial lighting
