![]() ![]() The title doesn't come with any legal protections, but land managers do have to adopt a lighting policy that preserves the night sky. Rovanpera recently worked with the International Dark Sky Association to get this area designated. The sanctuary is just a small fraction of that area," she says, pointing out across a lookout point just north of the site. She is showing off the vast area of Massacre Rim, the country's largest and newest Dark Sky Sanctuary. She is an archaeologist with the Bureau of Land Management. Jen Rovanpera drives through remote and rough parts of northwestern Nevada, about 6 miles outside the Oregon border. Richie Bednarski/Friends of Nevada Wilderness At the Massacre Rim Dark Sky Sanctuary, the Milky Way galaxy shines bright enough at night to cast shadows. ![]()
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