Preserving dark skies from light pollution so we can still wonder at the stars

Under a gibbous moon, with the planets Mars and Saturn shining down from a star studded sky, the Killarney Provincial Park Dark Sky Preserve officially opened on Sept. 22 to the delight of a couple of hundred skywatchers. Killarney Park is a beautiful landscape of white hills, deep blue lakes, islands and coastline about three hours north of Toronto on the shores of Georgian Bay. It's been established as a dark sky preserve in part to celebrate 125 years of Ontario Provincial Parks.

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