The dark west Texas sky and the excellent viewing facilities at the McDonald Observatory offer the best way to view the stars. And don’t just look – learn from the staff and exhibits .
McDonald Observatory
Here
In the bright lights
Of your big city
The World is so
Small…
All you can see are bits and pieces
Of the whole
But oh
Oh
Take that dry flat trek
Out west
(Keep going, keep going, almost there)
And then
Rising up
Those Davis Mountains
And those shimmery domes
And so
Little
Rise…
So make that windy drive
To the top
Skim the visitor center
Educate yourself at the Star Party
And then, simply, look up —
You
Here beneath this great grand
Glittering galaxy
As it was meant
To be seen.
Produced by Laura Rice.
