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Flagstaff celebrates 25 years as a dark sky city
Original: Flagstaff Science Festival highlights 25 years as dark sky city
Flagstaff, Arizona marked 25 years as the world's first International Dark Sky City at the Flagstaff Science Festival. The event highlighted the city's pioneering light pollution controls, adopted in 1958 to protect astronomical research at nearby Lowell Observatory, and celebrated a quarter century of formal dark sky designation with public science activities.
Why now: The anniversary milestone coincides with the science festival, drawing renewed attention to Flagstaff's role in dark sky preservation.
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