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Daily Bread for 1.17.25: Kickapoo Valley Reserve Battles Light Pollution

Good morning.

Friday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 45. Sunrise is 7:21 and sunset is 4:49, for 9 hours, 27 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 86 percent of its visible disk illuminated.

On this day in 1944,  Allied forces launch the first of four assaults on Monte Cassino with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties.


Wisconsin has a designated international dark sky park, Newport State Park. The Badger State could, however, have a second dark sky park if the Kickapoo Valley Reserve achieves that designation:

Angela visits the Kickapoo Valley Reserve, 8,600 acres between La Farge and Ontario, to learn about its bid to become the state’s second International Dark Sky Park. Executive director Jason Leis and electrical engineer Scott Lind demonstrate their efforts to maintain low light pollution through special fixtures and community outreach.

Directions from Whitewater to Newport State Park and Directions from Whitewater to the Kickapoo Valley Reserve.


Rocket science really is as hard as rocket science:

SpaceX launched its Starship rocket on its latest test flight, but the spacecraft was destroyed following a thrilling booster catch back at the pad. The spacecraft was supposed to soar across the Gulf of Mexico from Texas on a near loop around the world similar to previous test flights

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