Happy International Dark Sky Week!

With only a few days before the North American total Solar Eclipse, take some time this week to appreciate the night sky and learn about how you too can see the night like Aloy!

Unfortunately, in our "Old Ones" world, light pollution has created a night sky not worth looking up at, with only a handful of stars visible and the milky way completely obscured for 80% of North America and Europe. In America, 40% of light is wasted by being directed into the night sky. Us Old Ones not only have lost the view the tribes of Zero Dawn have, but the same natural and cultural resource our ancestors have had since time immemorial. Stories, explorations, innovations have been lost in the blur of light pollution.

You can experience Gorgeous night skies like you find in Horizon in real life, and advocate for their protection! Parks across the world have earned Dark Sky Park certification, but even if you find a local park or dark place, with enough patience you too can see more stars than at home! And by using better lighting that is directed downwards, warmer in color, and only where needed, residents can even begin to see the milky way in their own backyard!

Welcome to Horizon-Ranger! An exploration into the world of Horizon Zero Dawn through the lens of National Park Service style posts.

As someone who works in the outdoor industry, I have quite some experience in NPS style interpretation, but also a wide breadth of knowledge about nature, cultures, and history to apply to thinks found in HZD! I'm a HUGE hzd fan with lots of know on the world so it just makes sense to blend my two interests together!

So whether it's tidbits about the culture of the Nora or a post about the Windgate sandstone of Meridian, I hope we all have fun and learn about the wild world of HZD and come to appreciate our own