Oregon is in the middle of a dark sky renaissance.

With new Dark Sky Parks, a pair of Dark Sky Communities and one massive Dark Sky Sanctuary, it seems like half of eastern Oregon has suddenly become dark sky country. But what does it mean?

On this week’s episode of Peak Northwest, we dig into Oregon’s new push for astrotourism, and break down these new designations, all of which come from DarkSky International, an organization dedicated to the protection of the night sky.

Here are some highlights from this week’s show:

• What’s the deal with all this “dark sky” stuff anyway?
• Where are Oregon’s three Dark Sky Parks?
• The Oregon Outback Dark Sky Sanctuary is massive.
• Why two towns raced each other to become the state’s first Dark Sky Community

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