Bisbee resident creates dark skies initiative, leading to dark sky community designation

Bisbee resident creates dark skies initiative, leading to dark sky community designation

In 2024, the city of Bisbee became a dark sky community, a recognition for its preservation of the night skies, something that started roughly eight years ago with the Bisbee Dark Sky Initiative."Walk out of their house and look up and see the Milky Way. That is very unusual. I grew up on the East Coast. That was something that we just didn't see," said Thora Colot, executive director of the Bisbee Science Exploration & Research Center.Bruce Syr…