拱门国家公园10月24日晚办“场地幽灵”夜话：历史讲述后有望远镜观月
10月24日晚六点半至九点，位于密苏里州圣路易斯市的圣路易斯拱门国家公园将在拱门游客中心外的入口广场举办主题夜话活动，活动全名为“Gateway to the Stars: Ghosts of the Arch Grounds”（通往星际之门：拱门场地幽灵），免费向公众开放。活动由国家公园管理局主办，圣路易斯天文学会和“暗夜密苏里”组织协办，内容是讲述拱门脚下这片土地不同时期的历史，以及与它命运相连的几位人物，包括拱门设计师埃罗·萨里宁、工程师詹姆斯·伊兹等人。主办方把活动地点特意定在户外入口广场，让参加者在拱门脚下听历史，而不是在室内听讲座。天气允许的话，讲座结束后，天文学会的志愿者将在广场架起望远镜，带领大家观测月亮和其他天体。拱门高一百九十二米，坐落在密西西比河畔的市中心，是圣路易斯最具代表性的地标。这场夜话把历史讲解和观星结合起来，既适合本地居民晚间出游，也适合游客在夜色中认识这座城市的起点。
Gateway Arch National Park Hosts 'Ghosts of the Arch Grounds' Night Talk on October 24, With Telescope Moon Viewing
From 6:30 to 9 p.m. on October 24, Gateway Arch National Park in St. Louis, Missouri, will host an evening program on the entrance plaza outside the Arch visitor center, officially titled “Gateway to the Stars: Ghosts of the Arch Grounds,” free and open to the public. Hosted by the National Park Service with the St. Louis Astronomical Society and Dark Sky Missouri, the program tells the history of the land at the foot of the Arch across different eras and the people tied to its fate, including Arch designer Eero Saarinen and engineer James Eads. Organizers deliberately set the event outdoors on the plaza, so attendees hear the history beneath the Arch itself rather than in an indoor lecture. Weather permitting, after the talk astronomical society volunteers will set up telescopes on the plaza for viewing the Moon and other celestial objects. The Arch, 192 meters tall on the Mississippi riverfront in downtown St. Louis, is the city's signature landmark. Pairing history with stargazing, the evening suits local residents on a night out as much as visitors getting to know the city's starting point after dark.
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