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Blue Dot 24: The Lassen Dark Sky Festival

By Dave Schlom

Published August 4, 2016 at 10:30 AM PDT

This week on Blue Dot we introduce co-host/producer Nolan Ford, and talk about the dark night sky at Lassen Volcanic National Park. Every year in August, around the time of the Perseid Meteor Shower, the park hosts the Lassen Dark Sky Festival. This year’s event takes place Friday, August 12th through Sunday, August 14th. On today's show we speak with some of the festival's star participants, and learn why "half the park is after dark."

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Bonus interview with John Keller

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Dave Schlom

Dave Schlom is the longtime host and creator of Blue Dot. From surfing to Voyager in interstellar space, rock guitar to orcas in our imperiled oceans, the topics on Blue Dot are as varied as the host’s interests and connections -- which are pretty limitless! An internationally respected space history journalist, Dave is also deeply fascinated by all aspects of the grand workings of nature’s awesome machinery on scales ranging from galactic to subatomic. And topics take in all aspects of the arts and sciences.

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