Portraits of Acadia: Kirk Lurvey

Kirk Lurvey, park naturalist, uses a laser pointer during a night skies program at Sand Beach on August 2, 2018.

Yehyun Kim, Friends of Acadia

My favorite thing to do is create excitement about the night sky. Our mission is to give visitors enough knowledge to get them a little bit comfortable with the night sky so that they can navigate around and find some things on their own. As the constellations become more familiar to you, they're like friends to you, and you can recognize them easier. It's like being at a party, and you recognize and know some of the people, so it makes it easier, and you are more likely to want to meet the others as well.

Learning the constellations helps make it more enjoyable, but the important thing is to get out and enjoy the night sky and all the amazing things that are up there.

– Kirk Lurvey, park naturalist

Person sitting in a lifeguard chair enjoys the night skies above Sand Beach on on June 16, 2018.

Yehyun Kim, Friends of Acadia

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