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The picture below of the Milky Way is an incredible picture. The best time to visit a "Dark Sky Park," is with a new moon. Then the stars show up better. There is a Dark Sky Park in Michigan (click here) and it doesn't anything to park and watch the sky. There is also a beautiful reception hall where they give classes on Thursday (I haven't checked their schedule lately.) but they also rent the space out for weddings. It must be spectacular to have a picture against that dark sky.
The Milky Way galaxy (click here) illuminates the sky above Pampilhosa da Serra, in Dark Sky Aldeias de Xisto, Portugal. The Starlight Foundation formally certified Dark Sky Aldeias do Xisto as the nation's newest official ''Starlight Tourist Destination.'' Astrophotographer Miguel Claro took created this shot by producing a mosaic from 12 single images taken with a Nikon D810a camera.
