Probably the darker the sky the more difficult road, perhaps some where place by helicopter. At any rate this site does sound like it is not a truly "dark sky", as Ed mentioned. I have always been stricken by how much darker the skies are a 1/2 mile from Pheonix Metro, than they are several miles from Salt Lake. A good demonstration of what proper lighting fixtures can do.
Erik
These things were set up 10 miles apart. Some must remain near roads in nice dark areas. -- Joe
------------------------------ On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 8:22 AM MDT Erik Hansen wrote:
Did not see a road, looks like quite a hike.
Great little platforms for setting up in a dark sky area! Do you think we
could get the government to install electrical outlets and bathrooms for us?
-A
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com>wrote:
Hi Ed,
Thanks for the tip.
I looked on Google Earth at that area but could not find it.
Here's a screen shot of where I was looking: http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/exit62.jpg
Is that the right area? If it is can you see the arrow and help me narrow the search?
Thanks,
patrick
On 26 Aug 2013, at 07:23, Ed wrote:
Patrick,
There is an aviation arrow for the SLC to San Francisco route on top of the hill just north of exit 62 on I-80.
This is the same spot I mentioned some time back as a good place to get an unobstructed view of the western horizon.
Ed
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