Megan Eaves

London

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Travel journalist. Editor @idadarksky. ✍️ a book on darkness. Agent: Jack Fogg | More active on Insta, same username.

Articles

Dark Skies and Wild Nights: This New Safari Camp in Kenya Lets You Sleep Under the Stars

2 months ago | afar.com | Megan Eaves

“This bright object on the western horizon is Venus,” said Benson Oldapash Kishoyian, motioning to a shimmering point of light hanging above the mountains that surrounded our safari camp in northern Kenya. The full moon rising over the ridge opposite cast a silvery glow over the valley and the distant Mount Ololokwe, the region’s most sacred mountain. I already knew I was looking at Venus—after all, I’ve spent the past decade learning astronomy and chasing dark skies around the world.
10 of the dreamiest stargazing trains in the U.S.

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Megan Eaves

Hurricane Season 2025: What Forecasters Say Is in Store for Florida and the CaribbeanWill the 2025 hurricane season be as bad as last year? Here's what forecasters predict. Looks like we're in for another "above average" Atlantic …
10 of the dreamiest stargazing trains in the U.S.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Megan Eaves

Light pollution is worsening by 10 percent every year, and as our starry skies vanish, so does our connection to the cosmos. But there’s still an unlikely place for a dark-sky escape: Aboard one of America’s historical railways. A variety of stargazing trains roll through rural landscapes and protected dark-sky preserves where the Milky Way still shines bright, sometimes with a telescope or astronomer on board or an open-air carriage for looking up at the night sky.
10 of the dreamiest stargazing trains in the U.S.

2 months ago | nationalgeographic.com | Megan Eaves

Light pollution is worsening by 10 percent every year, and as our starry skies vanish, so does our connection to the cosmos. But there’s still an unlikely place for a dark-sky escape: Aboard one of America’s historical railways. A variety of stargazing trains roll through rural landscapes and protected dark-sky preserves where the Milky Way still shines bright, sometimes with a telescope or astronomer on board or an open-air carriage for looking up at the night sky.
Van Gogh’s starry skies

Nov 12, 2024 | darksky.org | Megan Eaves

Vincent van Gogh loved the night sky. “For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream,” the Dutch painter wrote in a letter to his brother, Theo, in 1888. It was the year he began painting some of his most famous images of starry skies. He had moved from Paris to Arles in the south of France during a period of extreme mental illness, which plagued him for much of his life.
A practical guide to stargazing

Nov 3, 2024 | flipboard.com | Megan Eaves

1 day agoBoth parties have let fester a worsening water pollution situation at the Mexico-California border. California Gov. Gavin Newsom visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday — but not for the reason you’d expect. The border crisis that drew the Democrat wasn’t immigration, but sewage. For nearly a …
A practical guide to stargazing

Nov 2, 2024 | nationalgeographic.com | Megan Eaves

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller(UK). With light pollution increasing by 10% every year and an estimated 80% of the world population impacted by it, fewer and fewer people have regular access to a truly dark night sky. Unhindered stargazing has become a rare experience for many, yet it’s a tranquil escape from the frenetic modern world, giving us the chance to switch off and reflect on the enormity of the cosmos and our place in it.
Starry Skies At This Peaceful Resort

Oct 22, 2024 | citizen-femme.com | Megan Eaves

Far from the bright lights and speedy trains of Honshu, Okinawa prefecture in Japan’s far south is a collection of sandy beaches and surfable waves that are closer to Taipei than Tokyo. With 160 islands to choose from, it can be hard to know where to start, but if you’re seeking secluded nature and starry night skies, the Yaeyama Islands are the place to go.
Down to Earth: How to experience outer space without leaving the planet

Oct 9, 2024 | wanderlustmagazine.com | Megan Eaves

Trips There are a variety of ground-based experiences that can fulfil travellers’ space dreams without the vast financial outlay of heading into orbit. Here are just a few ways you can cross the final frontier without leaving terra firma… Megan Eaves 10 October 2024 Link copied! Cape Canaveral (Shutterstock) There are a variety of ground-based experiences that can fulfil travellers’ space dreams without the vast financial outlay of heading into orbit.
Infinity and beyond: The future of space tourism

Oct 7, 2024 | wanderlustmagazine.com | Megan Eaves

Trips This World Space Week (4-10 October), we take a closer look at the pioneers of space tourism and the direction the industry is heading… Megan Eaves 08 October 2024 Link copied! The SpaceX Dragon craft attaches to the International Space Station (Shutterstock) On the day 12 April 1961, a young Russian pilot put on an orange jumpsuit and climbed into a tiny capsule aboard a giant Soviet rocket in the dusty flats of western Kazakhstan.

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