ㅤㅤ ┈ᯓ★i drove out with my family tonight to attend my first ever star party ᐢᗜᐢ there's an island in the middle of the great salt lake called antelope island and it's a good distance away from all the lights of the cities making it the best place to see the stars ! ! ٠ ࣪⭑ ㅤㅤ this was my first time ever visiting the island too which is a little insane honestly because i've lived right next to it for over a decade at this point oops . this was so fun though! i definitely need to come back during the day at some point. unfortunately this week was the last star party of the year because it gets really really cold in the fall and winter. even tonight i was shivering a little bit and pretending i definitely wasn't cold. ㅤㅤ i was able to get some pictures but even with my fancy phone you really can't compare pictures to what i actually saw. the sky was so clear and empty that you could clearly see the curvature of the planet in the stars, And we could see the milky way which was so cool to see with my own eyes. there was a bunch of people who'd brought their telescopes and i kind of regret not going to look through any of them.. i really gotta come back next year. ㅤㅤ though the stars were beautiful, my favorite part of this was laying on the dirt in the dark with my family just laughing together while we star gazed. next time i'm gonna bring a thermos of cocoa or soup or something so we can stay warm longer 🙏 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣶⡀ ⠀⠀⢠⣤⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣤⣾⠏⠘⠿⣦⣤ ⠀⠀⣾⠉⠻⢶⠶⠛⢻⡇⠀⠀⠀⠘⢻⡦⠀⠀⢰⡾⠃ ⢀⣤⠿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⡟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠷⠿⠿⣾⣷ ⢿⣥⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⡆ ⠀⠈⠉⣿⣀⣾⠟⠛⠋⠁ ⠀⠀⠀⠘⠛⠁