![]() ![]() There are live planetarium shows, Parks Canada programs and displays, science demos, pop bottle water rockets and Indigenous storytelling. His inspiring message about focusing on maintaining a positive attitude on life’s journey was one I needed to hear.īesides interesting speakers and presentations, the festival has activities for all ages. He likes to relate space travel to life on earth and the result is often very profound. One of my favorite presentations was from Colonel Chris Hadfield, a retired astronaut, commander of the International Space Station and the first Canadian to walk in space. Some of the world’s top scientists, astronomers, night photographers, story tellers and educators have made presentations at the festival and each year, I learn something new. My husband and I attended the very first one and have come back almost every October, so we’ve had the chance to watch the event expand and mature. The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) officially designated Jasper a dark sky preserve in March, 2011 and the community has been celebrating with a special festival ever since. These days, a dark sky is something worth celebrating and Jasper National Park, one of the world’s largest dark sky preserves, does a great job of it every October. There was a time when anyone could see the stars simply by looking up, but light pollution has made it difficult if not impossible to see the stars in many parts of our modern world. As I lay on my back gazing at the blazing night sky I couldn’t help pondering my place in the vast expanse of the universe that seemed to unfold before me. ![]() Have you ever felt small as you gazed at a night sky so filled with stars it was impossible to count them all? Moments like these are so beautiful and rare they take your breath away. ![]()
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