![Works change a street light in the dark sky community of Prestegne, Wales.](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2024/01/8-Lighting-Tests-1440x700.jpg)
27 news and places in Category
International Dark Sky Places
![Colorful star trails over a small lake.](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2024/06/Blogpost-StarTrails-1440x643.jpg)
Astrophotography 101: How to capture star trails
Astronomy
![Milk Way over Palm Beach Headlands](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2024/06/Palm-Beach-Headlands-1440x840.png)
Palm Beach Headland becomes Australia’s first Urban Night Sky Place
News
![Colorful lights projected on a observatory ceiling above a telescope.](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2024/06/Bruneau-Dunes-State-Park-2.png)
Bruneau Dunes becomes Idaho’s third International Dark Sky Park
News
![Red rock cliffs give way to city lights with the Milky Way overhead.](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2024/06/Milkyway-over-Moab.png)
Moab joins Castle Valley and area parks becoming the densest area of Dark Sky Places in the world
News
![Image of beach and town along the South Australian coast.](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2024/05/Carrickalinga-North-Bay_Credit-Fleurieu-Coast-Visitor-Centre-1440x960.jpg)
Carrickalinga becomes Australia’s first International Dark Sky Community
News
![The Aurora Australis, Milky Way core and zodiacal light as seen from Kawarau Gibbston Dark Sky Park.](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2024/05/aurora_bulge-1-1440x960.jpeg)
Kawarau Gibbston becomes the seventh International Dark Sky Place in Aotearoa/New Zealand
News
![Banner image of proclamations from IDSW 24](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2024/04/Banner-Image-IDSW-1.png)
International Dark Sky Week 2024: Stories and Highlights
About
![Panoramic view of the Milky Way from within the Beaver Island State Wildlife Research Area Dark Sky Sanctuary.](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2024/04/Photo-6-Z72_2395-BI.DarkSkySanctuaryFINAL-1440x859.jpeg)
Beaver Island State Wildlife Research Area certified as Michigan’s first International Dark Sky Sanctuary
News
![Arial photograph of Mondoe, a flat green island surrounded by sea.](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2024/03/Q26581-041-1584-1440x789.jpg)
The Danish island of Mandø becomes Denmark’s fourth International Dark Sky Place
News
![Day and night over Gantrisch, Switzerland](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2024/03/Gantrisch_daynight-1440x704.jpg)
Gantrisch becomes first International Dark Sky Park in Switzerland
News
![A star-filled night over Oregon Outback International Dark Sky Sanctuary](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2024/03/Oregon-Outback-Announcement-Photo-1440x990.png)
Oregon Outback becomes the largest International Dark Sky Sanctuary
News
![Forested trail in Oxford, New Zealand](https://darksky.org/app/uploads/2024/01/Pic5-Oxford-Forest-Conservation-Area-entrance-Coopers-Creek-1440x1080.jpg)