In 2026, Wild Spaces are visiting National Parks and meeting community groups who connect in nature. Their first film shines a light on dark skies, following a local astronomy group on a snowy stargazing night. Around 85% of us will never see the Milky Way from where we live. Without action to reduce light pollution, this loss will continue, affecting both people and the natural world. Artificial light disrupts wildlife that has evolved over millions of years. Birds sing too early, moths fail to

South Dakota’s epic geology paired with super dark skies is quite an inspiring combo 🙌✨ I didn’t get lucky with Northern Lights here this night but the airglow on the horizon was bright and showed up super colorful on my camera! This was taken with a @spencerscamera astromodified z7ii with a 14-24mm lens on a star tracker this past June on the Cathedral Spires trail in Custer State Park! About 15 frames stitched together into a big panorama. #hifromsd #southdakota #nightphotography #space #star