Jordan · 29.58°, 35.42°
Sandstone monoliths as your foreground.
Best night in range
Jun 15, 2026
2% cloud · 0% moon
The valley floor is dark enough for the Milky Way to show dust lanes, and the 700 m sandstone walls give astrophotographers a foreground nothing else matches. Bedouin camps supply the logistics. Amman's light dome is visible low to the north but never reaches zenith.
Sky Score combines cloud cover, transparency, seeing, humidity and lunar illumination against this site's Bortle class. Higher is better; anything above 82 is worth rearranging a calendar for.
Share of nights that stay usable, month by month. The recommended window is April, May, September, October and November.
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