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• Dark, Starry Skies Above National Parks Celebrated by Posters, Forthcoming Book

  
  Night Sky Friendly Outdoor Lighting Specialists — Authority: 112
  Image credit: National Parks Traveler – Dr. Tyler Nordgren Source “In Grand Canyon you can see the lights of Page, Tuba City, St. George and Las Vegas. But even though the skies in Acadia aren’t quite as dark as those out west, you can still stand in the middle of Acadia (only a 10-minute drive from Bar ...
  3 days ago

• Lavender

  
  Authspot — Authority: 559
  Lavender This city never sleeps and niether do I you see? to get closer to the stars a garden on top of a skyscraper a lovley view the only thing missing is you you wore the lavender no more love left to be made now I know what I had now that its gone Another night that I lack sleep and so I fled shake the ...
  4 days ago

• Rarefied Air

  
  Writerquake — Authority: 124
  Timelapse movie: The Alps -- part II (night) from Michael Rissi on Vimeo . A sky as pure as water bathed the stars and brought them out. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery When was the last time you clearly saw the Milky Way? Top Ten Facts about Milky Way Galaxy   Milky Way graphic via ...
  6 days ago

• 9 Interesting Links From December 11th

  
  Greg In The Desert — Authority: 133
  KOB.com – Albuquerque non-profit provides protection for women – Imagine having your own personal bodyguard outside your home all day and all night at no cost. That’s what an Albuquerque non-profit group is providing, specifically for abused women. The Official Site of Rio Rancho, NM – Outdoor Lighting Task ...
  6 days ago

• 10 Interesting Links From December 11th

  
  Greg In The Desert — Authority: 133
  KOB.com – Albuquerque non-profit provides protection for women – Imagine having your own personal bodyguard outside your home all day and all night at no cost. That’s what an Albuquerque non-profit group is providing, specifically for abused women. The Official Site of Rio Rancho, NM – Outdoor Lighting Task ...
  6 days ago

• Meteor shower to light up sky

  
  Night Sky Friendly Outdoor Lighting Specialists — Authority: 112
  Image Credit: Jimmy Westlake / Colorado Mountain College Source “Early people watched the skies and marveled at stars, planets and meteors. They developed stories to try to make sense of what they saw. They learned to track the movements of heavenly bodies to keep time and determine direction. People no ...
  6 days ago

• Step Up On Climate, President Obama!

  
  Night Sky Friendly Outdoor Lighting Specialists — Authority: 112
  Image credit: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/ Source “ President Obama recently acknowledged that unfortunately the U.S. will not have a comprehensive global treaty at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen next month. The president also noted that we can’t walk away from Copenhagen empty-handed. ...
  1 week ago

• Is the 24 hour day killing off Life On Earth?

  
  Night Sky Friendly Outdoor Lighting Specialists — Authority: 112
  A few thoughts from Graham Cliff It is time that we should be focusing attention on the harm done by the 24 hour day. Perhaps we should be concerned about how sustainable is our collective future? Medical evidence for this harm, which is being caused to human health, by light at night , is mounting. We are seeing ...
  3 weeks ago

• New Songs : Light Pollution

  
  My Old Kentucky Blog — Authority: 536
  We were turned on to Chicagos Light Pollution a few months back and have been keeping a close eye since. The band has sent us quite a few new songs recently, but here are two of my favorites. MP3 : Light Pollution - Oh, Ivory! MP3 : Light Pollution - Drunk Kids ...
  4 weeks ago

• Dark Sky Idol final round approaches

  
  KnowIT — Authority: 122
  Down South, round Tekapo, they have some wonderfully dark skies and they want to keep it that way. The Starlight Reserve bid for UNESCO world Heritage status has made it through another round and is now one of 5 finalists: Tekapo Night Sky. Photo by tpokorny . The other sites included in the thematic study ...
  4 weeks ago

• American Medical Association Against Light Pollution

  
  Night Sky Friendly Outdoor Lighting Specialists — Authority: 112
  This is an exciting time for light pollution control advocates. Everywhere you look, word is getting out that light pollution is a danger to our health and needs to be dealt with. The latest group to get onboard is the American Medical Association. What follows is a recent Resolution #516 on the need to curtail ...
  4 weeks ago

• Adirondack Family Activities: ADK Leonid Meteor Shower

  
  Adirondack Almanack — Authority: 434
  My husband and I were up in the pre-dawn morning with probably half the world to essentially watch a fiery burning of debris enter the atmosphere. To then describe to my child a scientific reason for getting out of bed took a bit of research and a chat with an expert. In layman’s terms (that is all I’ve got) the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Open your eyes to darker skies

  
  The Lay Scientist — Authority: 556
  The night skies above our cities and towns - even our villages - glow a bright sodium orange; the most brilliant stars our galaxy has to offer glow feebly through this colourful canopy. Galloway Forest Park has recently been honoured with the status of the UKs first Dark Sky Park. Perhaps it is time for us to dim ...
  4 weeks ago

• Polluted Night Sky

  
  Authspot — Authority: 559
  The city sky again is overcast with clouds Appearing as it did the night before Colored to a diffuse gray-rose hue By the night lights of a city still asleep Image via Wikipedia I wonder how necessary are these city lights What exactly do we need to see by them A lighted bell tower in the distance Would I ...
  4 weeks ago

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