2024 DarkSky Festival in Arkansas
Check out this video of the Arkansas Dark Sky Festival that represents a great example of the amazing world at night!
We are pleased to announce that Thousand Hills State Park in Kirksville, Missouri, was certified as an Urban Night Sky Place by DarkSky International. This is a culmination of efforts that began several years ago, validating the work of Thousand Hills State Park in protecting the night sky above and around the city from the effects of light pollution.
Stacy Park is a 35-acre park located in Olivette, Missouri and is approximately 10 miles west of St. Louis City. Established in 1926, Stacy Park is one of five parks in Olivette and is very popular with Olivette residents and residents of nearby cities. It contains soccer fields and two baseball diamonds that are used by the city’s youth sports program. There is a .75-mile blacktop walking path around the park and a recently added wood chip nature trail through the wooded area in the southern part of the park.
A weekend in the Ozarks in the darkest skies of Missouri.
We had a great DarkSky Missouri 2024 Festival. Click the button below to visit our festival webpage for photos and more...
Our 2025 Dark Sky Festival has been set for October 17-18, 2025. The festival will be held in the same location as our 2024 festival. Sign up for DarkSky Festival updates to get the latest information.
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Check out this video of the Arkansas Dark Sky Festival that represents a great example of the amazing world at night!
Explore ways to protect Missouri night skies from artificial light at night. Actions range from taking simple steps at home to promoting our work in parks, cities and with state officials. We are here to help with expertise and resources.
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“State Of The Science 2024” condenses the current scientific consensus on how artificial light affects seven key topics: the night sky; wildlife and ecology; human health; public safety; energy use and climate change; social justice; and a discussion of the emerging threat from light pollution caused by objects orbiting the Earth. Where gaps exist in our knowledge, we highlight them as targets of future research."
Enjoy this VR/360 film featuring the Gateway Arch National Park. The eight-minute, immersive experience provides a 360-degree view of the panoramic view of the night sky above the grounds of the Gateway Arch National Park. The loss of our night sky heritage is illustrated in terms of the Bortle Scale, a nine-level numeric scale that provides a consistent standard for comparing skies with differing levels of light pollution. Viewers can seamlessly pan the night sky in all directions as if standing on the grounds of the Gateway Arch National Park.