Set The Sky Free

Grasslands National Park in southern Saskatchewan is a dark sky preserve.  It's relatively remote location far from large cities and the conservative use of night lighting from surrounding neighbors create fantastic clear night skys.  We traveled there at the end of August with misgivings as we watched the sky for any sign of the last two days of rain giving way.  Incredibly, just before sunset, the clouds cleared and gave us an incredible clear sky.  The new moon set just after sunset and we were left to enjoy the show.

We camped on the northern border of Grasslands at The Crossing Resort which is where I found this corral fence line to give a foreground to the wonder of the sky.