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The Stars Have Beckoned Us: Part Four of “Walking the High Desert”

Musings on the stars of the High Desert, from Ellen Waterston’s new book

In the last edition of our excerpts from Ellen Waterston‘s “Walking the High Desert: Encounters with Rural America Along the Oregon Desert Trail,” the author began to describe one wonder of the High Desert Trail: Pine Mountain Observatory. She continues musing on the stars in Part 4, our final installment of the book. But how […]

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Super Blue Blood Moon Swoon

If you stayed up late last night, it was totally worth it

If you’re like a lot of lovers of a good celestial spectacle, you may need an extra shot of espresso to help yourself wake up this morning. Gazing at a rare super blue blood moon is a task best left for the dead of night (or morning), after all.  Thanks to Observatory Manager Grant Tandy […]

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