Bibliograph

Stars above, earth below, a guide to astronomy in the national parks, Tyler Nordgren

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Stars above, earth below, a guide to astronomy in the national parks, Tyler Nordgren

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Stars above, earth below

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

688643049

Responsibility statement

Tyler Nordgren

Sub title

a guide to astronomy in the national parks

Summary

A great way to learn/teach astronomy. Uses photographs and sky charts to form a connection between what is in the sky and seen on the ground

Table Of Contents

Milky Way (Yosemite, Big Bend, all national parks and monuments) -- Solar eclipses, black holes, gravity (Grand Teton and Chaco Culture National Historical Park) -- Tides on Earth, moons, stars, galaxies (Acadia and all costal parks) -- Volcanoes in the solar system (Yellowstone and all volcanic parks) -- Mars (Arches and all Four Corners region parks) -- Climate change on Venus, Earth, Mars (Glacier and all glacial parks) -- Moon and meteor showers (Great Smokey Mountains, Acadia, and all eastern parks) -- Stars and archaeoastronomy (Chaco Culture National Historical Park) -- Extrasolar planets (Rocky Mountain and all parks of the mountain west) -- Cosmology (Grand Canyon National Park) -- Light pollution and our night sky heritage (Bryce Canyon, Natural Bridges, and all national parks and monuments)

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