The dark sky specialty plate is the brainchild of Friends of Nevada Wilderness as a way to call attention to our amazing dark skies and help preserve them for future generations. We have been working with the Nevada DMV for a number of years to get to this point. As part of the plate creation process, Friends asked for and received dozens of creative plate design ideas. After a tough decision-making process, we chose the design submitted by Jonathan Boarini, a dark sky advocate and graphic artist.