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Show Flaming Gorge visitors watch stars Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, with its many acres of forests, lakes, mountains and streams, attracts all kinds of visitors who enjoy the physical beauty of the land. Of all the spectacular natural features available in our National Forests, perhaps the one most often taken for granted is the vividness of the star filled heavens. With the object of creating a greater public awareness towards our universe, an amateur group from California known as the "San Francisco Fran-cisco Sidewalk Astronomers" was formed. While on tour through some of our country's major National Forests and Parks, they are helping to spread information about, along with an appreciation ap-preciation of astronomy to the public. The group travels in a camper-trailer, camper-trailer, carrying with them half a dozen large telescopes for evening use and one solar scope for day time observation ob-servation of sun spot activity. In ad-. ad-. dition to making cosmic views available to all of Flaming Gorge's visitors durinp their 4-day stay, the A A AAAAAAAAAAAA A A e ' ' JOHN L. DOBSON, of the "San Francisco SidewTft Astronomers" explains sun spot activity to a group of visitorSa Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, during their 4 day from August 3 to 6. "Sidewalk Astronomers" also presented a slide show-talk on each of their three nights, at the Flaming Gorge Dam Visitor Center. With more and more artificial lights encroaching into our cities and surrounding area1; some astronomers A- : ii i a M have begun to label star. dangered species." Keepir. mind, perhaps we can apprJ, dark star filled sky as still oj"; aspect in the multiple uses, National Forest System, said f officials. |
