A composite of star photos, made in Joshua Tree during a dark-sky photography workshop, lead by Desert Institute on Sept. 16, 2023. (Julia Carmel / Los Angeles Times) Follow the star trails.

Joshua Tree, which harbors some of the darkest night skies in the United States, had been certified as the 10 th International Dark Sky Park in the U.S. National Park system.

The “Mile High Tree” was officially lit with 60,000 LED lights on Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, at Civic Center Park in Denver.

An Airbus plane out of Hamburg, Germany, took a particularly festive flight, mapping out an intricate Christmas tree over the country that could be clearly seen on flight radar sites.

AN empty Airbus A380 plane flying out of Hamburg, Germany was feeling the Christmas spirit Wednesday afternoon as it mapped out a Christmas tree — with ornaments — in the sky.