Dark Wars Tourism Part2

Canvas of the Cosmos – By ark Rangers Randy Dunning & Kevin Poe D P Core of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) Crab Supernova (M1) NPS photo by Dan Duriscoe Darkness is Beautiful

Comet NEAT Darkness is Beautiful Crab Supernova (M1)

Hercules Globular Cluster (M13) Darkness is Beautiful Comet NEAT

Swan Nebula (M17) Darkness is Beautiful Hercules Globular Cluster (M13)

Andromeda Galaxy (M31) Darkness is Beautiful Swan Nebula (M17)

Orion Nebula (M42) Darkness is Beautiful Andromeda Galaxy (M31)

Ring Nebula (M57) Darkness is Beautiful Orion Nebula (M42)

Cigar Galaxy (M82) Darkness is Beautiful Ring Nebula (M57)

Dumbbell Nebula (M27) Darkness is Beautiful Cigar Galaxy (M82)

Sombrero Galaxy (M104) Darkness is Beautiful Dumbbell Nebula (M27)

Whirlpool Galaxy & companion (M51) Darkness is Beautiful Sombrero Galaxy (M104)

Darkness is Beautiful Whirlpool Galaxy & companion (M51)

Saturn Darkness is Beautiful Hubble Ultra Deep Field

Jupiter Darkness is Beautiful Saturn

Mars Darkness is Beautiful Jupiter

Venus Darkness is Beautiful Mars

Mercury Darkness is Beautiful Venus

Sol Darkness is Beautiful Mercury

Moon Darkness is Beautiful Sol

Earth Darkness is Beautiful Moon

If it’s rare... Capture it ! And Charge Admission! ,[object Object],So darkness is… $ AND beautiful... Darkness is Beautiful

Defending Darkness Protecting darkness is hard… Lake Mead (ugly) Bryce (good) Yosemite (bad)

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Photo by Jim Richardson Defending Darkness

Astronomy Tourism Sky City, AZ Observatory B&B, BC Astronomers Inn, AZ Night Adventures, Red River, NM

Profitable Tourism isn’t more people per day, but Increased Length of Stay! “ Dark lovers stay overnight and eat bigger breakfasts!” - Kevin “Greatest Show FOR Earth” Poe Astronomy Tourism

National Parks (the big guns of tourism) Yellowstone Death Valley Bryce Canyon Chaco Culture Curecanti Yosemite Grand Canyon Great Basin Virgin Islands Astronomy Tourism ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Astronomy Tourism 50 Telescopes! Constellation Tours! Real Rocket Science! Ranger Assisted… Astronaut Story Musgrave! Repairer of the Hubble Telescope! 3000 Visitors! Astronomy Festival June 17-20, 2009! Join us for 9 th Annual Bryce Canyon

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Eat at Joes! Down pointing retrofit: -$1000 Monthly Rent +$15,000 Ammortized over 10yr lifespan -$8.33/month More light isn’t always safer & seldom necessary Protecting Astro-Tourism

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Report from the Front Lines: Milky Way 5000+ ly Page, AZ 61 miles (98 km) Cedar City & I-15 corridor 48 miles (72 km) St. George 78 miles (125 km) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Hooker 1917 (54ft 2 ) Hale 1948 (218ft 2 ) War Progress Report Cedar City, UT Beaver, UT 2007 1948 147” 200” Photo by Tyler Nordgren

It’s not!” - The Lorax by Dr. Seuss “ Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. Unless… Could we lose the Stars? At the rate we are going… yes, it’s very likely! War Progress Report

How do you care a whole awful lot? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Terrible $43/yr Bad $32/yr Great $0/yr Good $11/yr Join the Fight Against the Light! Protecting Astro-Tourism Photo by Jim Richardson Motion Sensor $10/yr

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