{"id":11445,"date":"2018-08-06T06:30:05","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T10:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=11445"},"modified":"2018-08-08T22:09:03","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T02:09:03","slug":"take-5-star-trails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-star-trails\/","title":{"rendered":"Take 5: Star Trails"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Astronomy-lovers across New England gazed upward in wonder last week as Mars made its closest approach to Earth since 2003, shining big and red in the night sky. If you missed the event but still want to see some celestial marvels, you&#8217;re in luck\u2014the Perseid meteor shower will be reaching its peak between August 11\u201313. A few of our wildlife sanctuaries are hosting watch parties and some\u00a0have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/get-outdoors\/program-catalog?utm_source=ygo&amp;utm_medium=blog#results:keywords=astronomy:whatTags[]=exclude_camps\">astronomy programs<\/a>\u00a0year-round, so be sure to look for an event in your area!<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate our astral obsession, we&#8217;ve rounded up five stunning photographs of star trails and the night sky from our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/news-events\/photo-contest?utm_source=ygo&amp;utm_medium=blog\">Picture This: Your Great Outdoors<\/a> photo contest. Enjoy these lovely images and submit your beautiful nature landscape photography to the 2018\u00a0photo contest today!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11446\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11446\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11446\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/08\/1161PaulBlankman4055.jpg\" alt=\"Stars in Night Sky \u00a9 Paul Blankman\" width=\"750\" height=\"497\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Paul Blankman<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11447\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11447\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11447\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/08\/1513Mackenzie_Dillon12047.jpg\" alt=\"Stars in Night Sky \u00a9 Mackenzie Dillon\" width=\"750\" height=\"497\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Mackenzie Dillon<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11448\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11448\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11448\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/08\/2168GregAllison7533_1.jpg\" alt=\"Star Trails \u00a9 Greg Allison\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11448\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Greg Allison<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11449\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11449\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11449\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/08\/3353Andrew_Santoro12272.jpg\" alt=\"Stars Over Lake \u00a9 Andrew Santoro\" width=\"750\" height=\"1125\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11449\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Andrew Santoro<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11451\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11451\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11451\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/08\/landscapesunderSean_Henderson20209.jpg\" alt=\"Star Trails over Lake \u00a9 Sean Henderson\" width=\"750\" height=\"1125\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Sean Henderson<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astronomy-lovers across New England gazed upward in wonder last week as Mars made its closest approach to Earth since 2003, shining big and red in the night sky. If you missed the event but still want to see some celestial marvels, you&#8217;re in luck\u2014the Perseid meteor shower will be reaching its peak between August 11\u201313. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":11450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[158],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-take-5"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2018\/08\/3353Andrew_Santoro12272_1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-2YB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12780,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/take-5-seeing-stars\/","url_meta":{"origin":11445,"position":0},"title":"Take 5: Seeing Stars","author":"Ryan D.","date":"August 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Summer is such a fantastic time of year for stargazing. 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