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Dark Sky Friendly Lighting 🌌

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Dark Sky Friendly Lighting 🌌

📅 Once you see the bad light, you can't unsee it.

Dec 8, 2021
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Dark Sky Friendly Lighting 🌌

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Hi,

I hope you had a great Thanksgiving and that your December is off to a great start! A couple of weeks ago I invited you to the International Dark Sky Association (IDA)'s virtual conference. Today, I want to share some of the insights with you in case you weren’t able to attend. The purpose of the conference was to inspire and empower people to protect the night.

Nighttime Light Pollution Affects 99% of People in Cities

World map made of composite images of the nighttime lights globally from NASA
Composite image from NASA showing lights at night worldwide.

In developed places, fighting light pollution means regaining darkness and views of the stars. In more rural places, this means retaining current views of the night sky even in spite of expanding developments.

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