Dark Sky Festival

This past weekend was the Dark Sky Festival in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park. At first I wasn't planning to go but things changed in my favor. So I rallied my friends and we went to the star party. Let me tell you, I am so glad that I went! There were about 10 telescopes out there put on by the Kern Astronomical Society. We were able to see Saturn, a double star, M13 galaxy. And let me tell you it was so awesome! Being able to see Saturn with the naked eye, even though it was not in great detail you could see Saturns rings. I was having so much fun that I felt like a kid just discovering science for the first time and understanding how something worked. This has now sparked an interest in me to get more into astronomy and studying the stars more seriously.

On sunday, the parks service had a little presentation on the life of a star at Potwisha Amphitheater. It was a fun time; the ranger that was leading the presentation made it quite interactive. She started us in  a circle then picked a few people out of the group to imitate the birth of the star. We then got sucked in and blew up