A night sky outside of Johnston, Iowa on Oct. 10, 2024. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch)
James Bruton grew up in rural Texas where the night skies were full of constellations.
As he moved to larger cities, before ultimately settling in Des Moines, evening star gazing faded away for Bruton and could only be found with intentional trips away from the light-polluted metropolitans…