89 UTAH, USA

TELL US, WHAT ARE DARK SKY PLACES AND WHY THEY ARE IMPORTANT? AND, WITH A TOTAL OF 19, UTAH HAS THE MOST IDACERTIFIED DARK SKY PLACES IN THE WORLD – CAN YOU SHED LIGHT ON WHY THIS IS?

A dark sky place is an area that has been noted and protected to provide a quality dark sky environment. There is limited light pollution from within or from outside the area and these areas provide not only great views of the night sky, but naturally dark nocturnal habitats. Utah leads the world in dark sky places for a few reasons. First, there are still great expanses of naturally dark