Home The best East Coast stargazing? Discover West Virginia dark-sky wonders Milky Way at Summersville Lake, Anne Johnson

Milky Way at Summersville Lake, Anne Johnson

The Milky Way glitters above Dolly Sods, in one of the darkest reaches in the eastern U.S.

A airplane ascends into the star-spangled sky above Summersville Lake, south of one of West Virginia's large areas of pre-industrial darkness. Photo by Anne Johnson.

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