As Arizona Handmade Gallery prepares for “Dark Skies Downtown” in the First Friday Art Walk on Sept. 6, co-owner Holly Averbeck says every artist she has talked to about the event wants to participate. “We’ve got five potters, three glassblowers and then most of our wall artists want to create a … [Read more...] about Galleries, Artists Share their Night Visions, Promote Flagstaff’s Dark Skies
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Protecting Flagstaff’s Dark Skies around Naval Observatory
Civilization is creeping up on the U.S. Naval Observatory. At risk, said USNO Director Dr. Paul Shankland, is its dark sky status, which is important to astronomers and astrophysicists, and to national security. “In a general sense, we are responsible for the celestial reference frame,” he said, … [Read more...] about Protecting Flagstaff’s Dark Skies around Naval Observatory
