Watch: This stunning Milky Way timelapse at Zion National Park will leave you star-struck
It's truly an invitation to appreciate the night sky
Stunning timelapse footage captures Milky Way at Zion National Park
Stunning timelapse footage showing the Milky Way in the night sky at Zion National Park, Utah, was posted to Facebook by the US Department of Interior on May 17. The department said it was recorded by park ranger Avery Sloss.
SPRINGDALE, Utah – Stargazers will find beauty in this stunning timelapse video of the Milky Way moving across the sky at Zion National Park.
It's truly an invitation to appreciate the night sky thanks to the US Department of Interior, which posted the video on its Facebook page on May 17.
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The video was taken by park ranger Avery Sloss and shows the jagged peaks of the park’s Watchman mountain. It reveals a dazzling array of stars against the sandstone cliffs.
The Milky Way is seen in the night sky at Zion National Park, Utah.
(US Department of the Interior)
Utah's first national park is situated in the southwestern region of the state near the Arizona and Nevada border.
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Nearly two-thirds of Americans today live in an area where it is difficult to see the stars because of light pollution. The increase in artificial light has decreased the visibility of the night sky. And that is why national parks are some of the few places left in the country to see dark skies, the National Park Service said.
Zion National Park
Zion National Park boasts high plateaus, mazes of sandstone canyons, and the winding Virgin River.
In 2021, it became certified as an International Dark Sky Park, the National Park Service said. The certification, granted by the International Dark-Sky Association, "recognizes the exceptional quality of the park’s night skies."
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More than 5 million people visited the park in 2021. The NPS said that visitation to Zion National Park has been increasing for decades, and the park is among a small group of national park areas to ever exceed that many annual visits.
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