In the Deep Dark: Stargazing
Backpacker|May 2017

When you're swallowed by night, the star show begins.

Frank Bures
In the Deep Dark: Stargazing

IT WAS HARD NOT TO FEEL GIDDY. 

The northern Minnesota sky was clear and blue, and the water slid beneath our canoes with only a gentle swish. In a few hours, I knew, these same lakes would hold reflections of one of the country’s most legendary night skies.

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