# @nationalparkservice on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DAw6AsivM4j
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/23846763-nationalparkservice-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/0d1f39f0a6.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-10-06T01:25:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Park Service (@nationalparkservice) — https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice

## Caption

My talent: not sleeping at night.⁣⁣
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Well, since you’re up, why not learn about night skies in national parks? We generally think of night skies as a scenic resource, valued by amateur astronomers as well as casual stargazers. Sometimes forgotten is the importance of natural darkness for wildlife. Nearly half the species on Earth are nocturnal—active at night instead of during the day. Many species rely on natural patterns of light and dark to navigate, nest, mate, hide from predators, and endlessly scroll on Facebook. 

Have you experienced the night sky in a park?

Image 1: Mesa Arch below a starry night sky at @canyonlandsnps NPS

Image 2: Starry night sky above @zionnps. NPS/Avery Sloss 

Image 3: Fort Jefferson under a night sky at @drytortugasnps. NPS

Image 4: Silhouette of a park visitor and trees against a starry sky @rockynps. NPS/Grossman

Image 5: Night sky at @lassennps NPS/Alison Taggart-Barone⁣

#nightsky #starrynight #stars #nationalpark #darkskies #parkskies

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| National Park Service | @nationalparkservice | https://gondola.cc/nationalparkservice | Government Organization |

## Tags

nationalpark, darkskies, starrynight, nightsky, stars, parkskies

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