Dry Tortugas National Park, is one of the darkest places on the east coast of the United States.
Dry Tortugas National Park, on a remote island hours away from Key West, lies the largest masonry structure in the Americas.
In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, upon visiting the island, named it a National Monument, and in 1992 it became part of Dry Tortugas National Park. Built with 16 million bricks, but never finished, the fort served as a prison during Civil War
This video was filmed as part of SKYGLOW, an ongoing crowdfunded quest to explore the effects and dangers of urban light pollution in contrast with some of the most incredible dark sky areas in North America. This project is being produced in collaboration with International Dark-Sky Association. You can support SKYGLOW by visiting WWW.SKYGLOWPROJECT.COM
Credits: Producer/Editor/Shooter: Harun Mehmedinovic
Music: Terry Devine-King
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