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• Open your eyes to darker skies

  
  The Lay Scientist — Authority: 524
  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 ...
  9 hours ago

• Polluted Night Sky

  
  Authspot — Authority: 560
  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 ...
  1 day ago

• Reaching for the Stars…

  
  Helsinki According to PPusa — Authority: 128
  …at the University of Helsinki earlier this week when people had a chance to visit the 175 years old observatory. You foreigners might now think that Finnish astronomy is very primitive but observations are no longer done from this site. There is too much light pollution to allow scientific work. What used to be at ...
  1 week ago

• Delray Lighting Inc

  
  LEED Pro — Authority: 119
  Delray Lighting Fixtures *Energy Efficient Lamps and Ballasts *Dimming Energy/Managements *Short Supply Line Clean Manufacturing Process
  1 week ago

• South Pole Offers Prime Astronomy Real Estate

  
  Night Sky Friendly Outdoor Lighting Specialists — Authority: 107
  Source Image credit: Patrick Cullis, National Science Foundation “The photo, captured above the new elevated station at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in July 2009, is a 20-minute exposure revealing the southern celestial axis — the white cloudy streak is the Milky Way. Only at the North and South Poles ...
  2 weeks ago

• Black sky at night, stargazers’ delight

  
  Night Sky Friendly Outdoor Lighting Specialists — Authority: 107
  “The constellation of Cepheus as seen from the remote wilderness of the Galloway region in south-west Scotland.” Image Credit: Alamy Source “We have lost the experience of looking at the dark skies because most people live in cities and towns, which are badly affected by light pollution . Some might be ...
  3 weeks ago

• Look for pollution trails to find aliens!

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 717
  London, October 20 (ANI): Future astronomers in the hunt for alien life forms on planets would be better off looking for pollution trails, as they would indicate the presence of technology. During most of the 20th century, our television transmission antennas leaked a lot of their energy into space. More recently, ...
  4 weeks ago

• Living and Building Green Expo

  
  Night Sky Friendly Outdoor Lighting Specialists — Authority: 107
  This past weekend I attended the annual Living & Building Green Expo at The Canyons resort in Park City. This years event was even bigger than those in the past. This was especially surprising given how beautiful the weather was. I guess it just goes to show that Parkites really get it. Anyway, the event brought ...
  4 weeks ago

• In New York Solar Power LEDs are Big Hit

  
  Night Sky Friendly Outdoor Lighting Specialists — Authority: 107
  “Photo by © Copyright Chris Milian. All Rights Reserved :: www.PhotosFromOnHigh.com Source “Solar-powered LEDs can deliver the solution to three ongoing problems: the cost of municipal (and general) lighting; the pollution generated by powering conventional lighting from fossil-fueled generating plants; and ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Use of Candles to Create Atmosphere

  
  Dating online tips and advice — Authority: 118
  David Artsmith  -  There is nothing more intimate and relaxing than the gentle flickering of a tiny flame. It is a gentle dance that is played out upon the wik, which casts a soft spell over any who views it. Lighting a candle can ompletely change the mood in a room. It casts a gentle spell over everything, making ...
  4 weeks ago

• Energy Saving Lights Adopted For Tiananmen Square

  
  Night Sky Friendly Outdoor Lighting Specialists — Authority: 107
  PHOTO CREDIT : CHINAPICTURES.ORG Source Celebrating the 60th anniversary of People’s Republic of China, China has updated the lighting fixtures of Tiananmen Square, located in the nation’s captial, Beijing. Specific free-from- light-pollution renovations in Tiananmen Square include: its red walls, Memorial, ...
  8 weeks ago

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