By day, visitors to Dinosaur National Monument can see fossils of ancient reptiles — but by night, they can see views of the sky that city folk miss.
The monument that straddles the Utah-Colorado border near U.S. Highway 40 has been designated an International Dark Sky Park, meaning the nighttime overhead views have “an exceptional quality of natural darkness,” according to an announcement by the monument and the International Dark Sky Association.
The designation also means people working at the monument have made efforts to reduce artificial evening light and preserve dark views.