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Great Mountain Forest to host Nature Writing Retreat at Historic Yale Camp in Falls Village, Conn., Aug. 7 to 9

“The retreat brings people together, builds community in the forest, gets participants outside and off their screens, and uses nature sustainably to heal and inspire minds and souls,” stated Great Mountain Forest Executive Director Michael Zafros. Retreat registration closes on July 30.

EYES TO THE SKY: Dark sky, crescent moons – zodiacal light

During the months on either side of the spring and autumn equinoxes, there’s an elusive phenomenon, the zodiacal light, a glowing cone of light that is visible only in very clear and very dark skies.

EYES TO THE SKY: Mars, the almost all-night bright planet

The luminous, ruddy planet seemed to be an ember in the dark sky, yellowish Saturn to its left, both atop the beautiful Scorpion constellation.

EYES TO THE SKY: Winter Solstice journey to Orion nebula

Among students of the cosmos the Orion Nebula is one of the most studied of deep space phenomena.
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