MEMORIES OF JASPER'S DARK SKY PRESERVE "We are watching stars shoot across the sky as part of the Draconid meteor shower. They are so luminous they feel only an arms-length away." - N. Wilson 42
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As host of the Jasper Dark Sky Festival, science journalist Niki Wilson has extensive knowledge about the protected skies above Jasper National Park. But she also grew up in Jasper. Here, she writes about what those stars mean to her.
On a clear night in May 1990, I lay on my back in a clearing near the Athabasca River. Music wafted by in pieces, winding around the trees that separated me from the high school graduation party raging in the distance. It was around midnight. My best friend
