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Blanco County Friends of the Night Sky
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Under New Zealand's Dark Skies, Insects Recover and Humans Reconnect with a Lost View - Atlas Obscura
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McDonald Observatory Dark Skies Initiative – Texan By Nature
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Best Stargazing This Summer - Outside Online
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Dark sky tourism is on the rise across the U.S.
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Mapping Light Pollution in Rural America - Bloomberg
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Night Skies and Stargazing - Big Bend National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
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Dark Sky Place finder DarkSky International
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Dark Sky Reserve McDonald Observatory
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The Search for Intelligent Life Is About to Get a Lot More Interesting - The New York Times