Reno • Computer scientist Chris Schmandt doesn’t visit Nevada for the casinos, but he does appreciate the state’s nightlife.
Schmandt of Boston prefers to go beyond the glowing reach of lights in Las Vegas and Reno to relax in the most remote corners of the state.
"I'm one of those people who thinks about what the world was like before electricity," said Schmandt, who noticed Nevada's dark night skies while poring over satellite images depicting the spread of light pollution across North America.
"I was looking for places to go and NASA has a nice composition image of the Earth at night from space," Schmandt said.