06-24-2017, 10:49 AM
The Big Island bills itself as a leader in astronomy, but a new resort in India has beat the Kona hotels into the astrotourism business:
The resort provides telescopes to guests and offers workshops on how to identify stars and constellations. Visitors stay in tents with beds, which cost between 13,000 to 22,000 rupees, or $200 to $340.
“Just go, enjoy the nature, lie down under the blanket of stars and forget everything.” “It’s beyond imagination, the whole experience takes u away from ur hectic life, that is full of pollution, noise, stress n so on.”
Kona would be a perfect place for this type of experience. Clear skies, and plenty of local experts to lead classes. During the day buses could take participants on a field trip to the Imiloa. I can imagine an existing resort taking guests to a quiet, soft lawn on the edge of their hotel grounds, then, every night at 9 PM a master switch dims the outdoor lights within range of the gathering. Overhead the Milky Way appears, and the stars and planets shine brighter than most visitors will ever see again in their lifetime.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...ng/531450/
She had never been to Puna before. "Are there lots of people like you?" she asked, with a hopeful expression. (Paraphrased & plagiarized from Elif Batuman)
The resort provides telescopes to guests and offers workshops on how to identify stars and constellations. Visitors stay in tents with beds, which cost between 13,000 to 22,000 rupees, or $200 to $340.
“Just go, enjoy the nature, lie down under the blanket of stars and forget everything.” “It’s beyond imagination, the whole experience takes u away from ur hectic life, that is full of pollution, noise, stress n so on.”
Kona would be a perfect place for this type of experience. Clear skies, and plenty of local experts to lead classes. During the day buses could take participants on a field trip to the Imiloa. I can imagine an existing resort taking guests to a quiet, soft lawn on the edge of their hotel grounds, then, every night at 9 PM a master switch dims the outdoor lights within range of the gathering. Overhead the Milky Way appears, and the stars and planets shine brighter than most visitors will ever see again in their lifetime.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...ng/531450/
She had never been to Puna before. "Are there lots of people like you?" she asked, with a hopeful expression. (Paraphrased & plagiarized from Elif Batuman)
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