We Saw the Darkest Skies in America

We Saw the Darkest Skies in America | Black Mesa Camping

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RWT Adventures [Roadtrippin' with Takacs]

4 ай бұрын

This is the first video in our dark sky camping series. Since we are a family of RVers known for shooting landscape astrophotography, we felt it was time to share our trips to all of the places with minimal light pollution we like to visit when camping.
On this particular astrotourism trip, we started at a Bortle 1 park well known for its dark skies: Black Mesa State Park in Oklahoma. This low level of light pollution puts it among the darkest skies in America and the perfect place to see the Milky Way.
For more information about dark skies and how to be an astrotourist RVer, check out our website: RWTAdventures.com.

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@RoadtrippinwithTakacs 4 ай бұрын

For more information on stargazing under dark skies or how to enjoy an astrotourism trip, visit our website: rwtadventures.com

@josenicacioo 4 ай бұрын

Your videos are amazing

@RoadtrippinwithTakacs 4 ай бұрын

I appreciate it! 😀

@andyamysarizonaadventures5450 2 ай бұрын

Very cool ,we where there for a few night a little over a month ago. Unfortunately for us it stayed cloudy the entire time.We did have fun visiting the nice poeple at the nearby hoot owl ranch, they showed us awsome petroglyphs and lots of artifacts found on property. If you saw the Easter thing just north of the park that road takes you back about a half mile where you turn left and go on the back side of those hills.We found shallow caves that had petroglyphs and found a small unfinished arrowhead.

@RoadtrippinwithTakacs 2 ай бұрын

Too bad about the clouds. You definitely need to go back and see the dark skies. We'll have to return to see the petroglyphs. Good tip! 👍

@andyamysarizonaadventures5450 2 ай бұрын

@RoadtrippinwithTakacs we do have a video on the petroglyphs and those caves titled 3000 year old petroglyphs on a private ranch. This weekend taking the little camper to Romin Nose state park in Oklahoma, take care

@RoadtrippinwithTakacs 2 ай бұрын

@@andyamysarizonaadventures5450 Nice. I'll have to watch it. 👍

@DMSAdventures 4 ай бұрын

Oh my word, those rotating timelapses were incredible! Mesmerizing, i would say. Fantastic work. Based on a quick glance of that map it didn't look like there are any dark skies east of the Mississippi!!

@RoadtrippinwithTakacs 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! It's a bit sad. We're working to bring more awareness. Hopefully we can change all that one day so everyone can stargaze all over. What color on the map is your hometown in?

@DMSAdventures 4 ай бұрын

@@RoadtrippinwithTakacs We are about in a Class 6! On the verge of that light purple and red.

@RoadtrippinwithTakacs 4 ай бұрын

@@DMSAdventures Yikes. We're in the red. 😐 What about that park I see in many of your videos?

@DMSAdventures 4 ай бұрын

@@RoadtrippinwithTakacs It looks like the best in Indiana is Class 3 but I don't think there is even a park or anything over there. The best rating in any of the parks we go to is class 4.... which isn't terrible when that is what you are used to!

@RoadtrippinwithTakacs 4 ай бұрын

That'll work! You can see the Milky Way from a 4 (green).