#darkskies — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #darkskies, aggregated by home.social.
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"I had come to the Permian Basin envisioning a mythic battle between two colossal orders, a galaxy-hunting telescope and a perpetually illuminated oilfield. I found a more disquieting situation, in which apparent antagonists have achieved procedural compatibility. The spectacle of opposition dissolves into a technocratic partnership that projects harmony while preserving extractive imperatives."
https://placesjournal.org/article/empire-loves-a-dark-sky-texas-lebanon/
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"Contrary to frequent arguments put forward by opponents of this kind of policies, switching off public lighting has no significant impact on most types of crimes and a small impact on burglaries." (via @ssrn)
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New preprint by S. Bará et al., "Protecting and restoring the sky quality at astronomical observatories" https://zenodo.org/records/20259634
In it, the authors argue that traditional regulatory frameworks, which focus primarily on source-by-source lighting controls and local "good practices", are structurally incapable of preventing an unbounded increase in overall skyglow. To remedy this, they propose a comprehensive, top-down framework based on enforceable territorial light emission budgets to actively protect and restore astronomical sites.
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Winners of #CaptureTheDarkPhotoContest show why dark skies are worth protecting: https://zorz.it/xiMAY
#JeremyGray #winners #DarkSkies #astro #competition #galaxies #NightSky #space #stars
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Winners of #CaptureTheDarkPhotoContest show why dark skies are worth protecting: https://zorz.it/xiMAY
#JeremyGray #winners #DarkSkies #astro #competition #galaxies #NightSky #space #stars
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Winners of #CaptureTheDarkPhotoContest show why dark skies are worth protecting: https://zorz.it/xiMAY
#JeremyGray #winners #DarkSkies #astro #competition #galaxies #NightSky #space #stars
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The #LightPollution Theory, Modeling and Measurements (LPTMM) 2026 #conference just wrapped. The latest data indicate an urgent global expansion of artificial light at night. Simultaneously, low Earth orbit is crowded with over 15,000 active satellites, threatening twilight research at professional observatories.
These artificial perturbations trigger profound ecological consequences. Nighttime light desynchronizes the tightly coordinated lunar cues that tropical corals rely on for spawning. It also cuts reef fish sleep short, inducing measurable neuronal DNA damage in the brain. On remote islands, unshielded #LED #lighting infrastructure directly causes severe disorientation and fatal collisions for endemic seabirds.
To protect skies and ecosystems, researchers push to evaluate all-sky angular light distributions and ground-level illuminance over traditional, zenith-only metrics. Utilizing low-cost calibrated RGB digital cameras provides an open, "good enough" baseline to enforce outdoor lighting policies. Real mitigation relies on building cross-discipline coalitions to co-design sustainable lighting directly with local communities.
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The #LightPollution Theory, Modeling and Measurements (LPTMM) 2026 #conference just wrapped. The latest data indicate an urgent global expansion of artificial light at night. Simultaneously, low Earth orbit is crowded with over 15,000 active satellites, threatening twilight research at professional observatories.
These artificial perturbations trigger profound ecological consequences. Nighttime light desynchronizes the tightly coordinated lunar cues that tropical corals rely on for spawning. It also cuts reef fish sleep short, inducing measurable neuronal DNA damage in the brain. On remote islands, unshielded #LED #lighting infrastructure directly causes severe disorientation and fatal collisions for endemic seabirds.
To protect skies and ecosystems, researchers push to evaluate all-sky angular light distributions and ground-level illuminance over traditional, zenith-only metrics. Utilizing low-cost calibrated RGB digital cameras provides an open, "good enough" baseline to enforce outdoor lighting policies. Real mitigation relies on building cross-discipline coalitions to co-design sustainable lighting directly with local communities.
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The #LightPollution Theory, Modeling and Measurements (LPTMM) 2026 #conference just wrapped. The latest data indicate an urgent global expansion of artificial light at night. Simultaneously, low Earth orbit is crowded with over 15,000 active satellites, threatening twilight research at professional observatories.
These artificial perturbations trigger profound ecological consequences. Nighttime light desynchronizes the tightly coordinated lunar cues that tropical corals rely on for spawning. It also cuts reef fish sleep short, inducing measurable neuronal DNA damage in the brain. On remote islands, unshielded #LED #lighting infrastructure directly causes severe disorientation and fatal collisions for endemic seabirds.
To protect skies and ecosystems, researchers push to evaluate all-sky angular light distributions and ground-level illuminance over traditional, zenith-only metrics. Utilizing low-cost calibrated RGB digital cameras provides an open, "good enough" baseline to enforce outdoor lighting policies. Real mitigation relies on building cross-discipline coalitions to co-design sustainable lighting directly with local communities.
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The #LightPollution Theory, Modeling and Measurements (LPTMM) 2026 #conference just wrapped. The latest data indicate an urgent global expansion of artificial light at night. Simultaneously, low Earth orbit is crowded with over 15,000 active satellites, threatening twilight research at professional observatories.
These artificial perturbations trigger profound ecological consequences. Nighttime light desynchronizes the tightly coordinated lunar cues that tropical corals rely on for spawning. It also cuts reef fish sleep short, inducing measurable neuronal DNA damage in the brain. On remote islands, unshielded #LED #lighting infrastructure directly causes severe disorientation and fatal collisions for endemic seabirds.
To protect skies and ecosystems, researchers push to evaluate all-sky angular light distributions and ground-level illuminance over traditional, zenith-only metrics. Utilizing low-cost calibrated RGB digital cameras provides an open, "good enough" baseline to enforce outdoor lighting policies. Real mitigation relies on building cross-discipline coalitions to co-design sustainable lighting directly with local communities.
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The #LightPollution Theory, Modeling and Measurements (LPTMM) 2026 #conference just wrapped. The latest data indicate an urgent global expansion of artificial light at night. Simultaneously, low Earth orbit is crowded with over 15,000 active satellites, threatening twilight research at professional observatories.
These artificial perturbations trigger profound ecological consequences. Nighttime light desynchronizes the tightly coordinated lunar cues that tropical corals rely on for spawning. It also cuts reef fish sleep short, inducing measurable neuronal DNA damage in the brain. On remote islands, unshielded #LED #lighting infrastructure directly causes severe disorientation and fatal collisions for endemic seabirds.
To protect skies and ecosystems, researchers push to evaluate all-sky angular light distributions and ground-level illuminance over traditional, zenith-only metrics. Utilizing low-cost calibrated RGB digital cameras provides an open, "good enough" baseline to enforce outdoor lighting policies. Real mitigation relies on building cross-discipline coalitions to co-design sustainable lighting directly with local communities.
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Tomorrow is Day 1 of the Light Pollution: Theory, Modeling and Measurement (LPTMM) 2026 meeting in Ensenada, Mexico. Sadly this time I won't be able to join the crew in person, but I'll be listening in from home via the series of tubes known as the Interwebz.
On Friday, I'm excited to (remotely) moderate a roundtable discussion, the anticipated outcome of which is a consensus that it's time to take meaningful next steps toward standardizing measurement methods, reporting and units in light pollution studies.
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Tomorrow is Day 1 of the Light Pollution: Theory, Modeling and Measurement (LPTMM) 2026 meeting in Ensenada, Mexico. Sadly this time I won't be able to join the crew in person, but I'll be listening in from home via the series of tubes known as the Interwebz.
On Friday, I'm excited to (remotely) moderate a roundtable discussion, the anticipated outcome of which is a consensus that it's time to take meaningful next steps toward standardizing measurement methods, reporting and units in light pollution studies.
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Tomorrow is Day 1 of the Light Pollution: Theory, Modeling and Measurement (LPTMM) 2026 meeting in Ensenada, Mexico. Sadly this time I won't be able to join the crew in person, but I'll be listening in from home via the series of tubes known as the Interwebz.
On Friday, I'm excited to (remotely) moderate a roundtable discussion, the anticipated outcome of which is a consensus that it's time to take meaningful next steps toward standardizing measurement methods, reporting and units in light pollution studies.
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Tomorrow is Day 1 of the Light Pollution: Theory, Modeling and Measurement (LPTMM) 2026 meeting in Ensenada, Mexico. Sadly this time I won't be able to join the crew in person, but I'll be listening in from home via the series of tubes known as the Interwebz.
On Friday, I'm excited to (remotely) moderate a roundtable discussion, the anticipated outcome of which is a consensus that it's time to take meaningful next steps toward standardizing measurement methods, reporting and units in light pollution studies.
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Tomorrow is Day 1 of the Light Pollution: Theory, Modeling and Measurement (LPTMM) 2026 meeting in Ensenada, Mexico. Sadly this time I won't be able to join the crew in person, but I'll be listening in from home via the series of tubes known as the Interwebz.
On Friday, I'm excited to (remotely) moderate a roundtable discussion, the anticipated outcome of which is a consensus that it's time to take meaningful next steps toward standardizing measurement methods, reporting and units in light pollution studies.
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Pope Leo XIV today lamented light pollution, telling Vatican Observatory Foundation Board members "we have filled our skies with man-made light that blinds us to the lights God has placed there", evoking the words of his immediate predecessor.
Transcript: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2026/may/documents/20260511-vof.html
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Pope Leo XIV today lamented light pollution, telling Vatican Observatory Foundation Board members "we have filled our skies with man-made light that blinds us to the lights God has placed there", evoking the words of his immediate predecessor.
Transcript: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2026/may/documents/20260511-vof.html
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Pope Leo XIV today lamented light pollution, telling Vatican Observatory Foundation Board members "we have filled our skies with man-made light that blinds us to the lights God has placed there", evoking the words of his immediate predecessor.
Transcript: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2026/may/documents/20260511-vof.html
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Pope Leo XIV today lamented light pollution, telling Vatican Observatory Foundation Board members "we have filled our skies with man-made light that blinds us to the lights God has placed there", evoking the words of his immediate predecessor.
Transcript: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2026/may/documents/20260511-vof.html
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Pope Leo XIV today lamented light pollution, telling Vatican Observatory Foundation Board members "we have filled our skies with man-made light that blinds us to the lights God has placed there", evoking the words of his immediate predecessor.
Transcript: https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2026/may/documents/20260511-vof.html
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New research shows our planet’s night is more volatile than ever.
A decade of satellite data reveals that while some areas are dimming due to policy changes or crisis, others are brightening at a rate that keeps the global average of light pollution rising by 2% annually.
It’s time to move from studying the glow to taking action. Read more: https://www.darkskyconsulting.com/blog/decoding-a-decade-of-rising-global-light-pollution
#DarkSkies #LightPollution #Science #Environment #NatureRestoration
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New research shows our planet’s night is more volatile than ever.
A decade of satellite data reveals that while some areas are dimming due to policy changes or crisis, others are brightening at a rate that keeps the global average of light pollution rising by 2% annually.
It’s time to move from studying the glow to taking action. Read more: https://www.darkskyconsulting.com/blog/decoding-a-decade-of-rising-global-light-pollution
#DarkSkies #LightPollution #Science #Environment #NatureRestoration
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New research shows our planet’s night is more volatile than ever.
A decade of satellite data reveals that while some areas are dimming due to policy changes or crisis, others are brightening at a rate that keeps the global average of light pollution rising by 2% annually.
It’s time to move from studying the glow to taking action. Read more: https://www.darkskyconsulting.com/blog/decoding-a-decade-of-rising-global-light-pollution
#DarkSkies #LightPollution #Science #Environment #NatureRestoration
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New research shows our planet’s night is more volatile than ever.
A decade of satellite data reveals that while some areas are dimming due to policy changes or crisis, others are brightening at a rate that keeps the global average of light pollution rising by 2% annually.
It’s time to move from studying the glow to taking action. Read more: https://www.darkskyconsulting.com/blog/decoding-a-decade-of-rising-global-light-pollution
#DarkSkies #LightPollution #Science #Environment #NatureRestoration
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New research shows our planet’s night is more volatile than ever.
A decade of satellite data reveals that while some areas are dimming due to policy changes or crisis, others are brightening at a rate that keeps the global average of light pollution rising by 2% annually.
It’s time to move from studying the glow to taking action. Read more: https://www.darkskyconsulting.com/blog/decoding-a-decade-of-rising-global-light-pollution
#DarkSkies #LightPollution #Science #Environment #NatureRestoration
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/13213/ Spotting rare birds around one of Wales’ man-made reservoirs | Coast & Country | ITV Cymru Wales #Animals #beaumaris #cabin #coast #coastandcountry #country #darkskies #gaol #itv #ItvNews #ITVNewsInFull #itvwales #jail #kelseyredmore #lakevyrnwy #mencap #mencapcymru #museum #nightsky #presteigne #robshelley #ruthdodsworth #Stargazing #stars #unplugged #Wales #wildlife
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Dark Skies hacía lo mismo que Expediente X pero nadie la recuerda: ovnis, abducciones y gobiernos mintiendo a todo el mundo, ambientado en plena Guerra Fría. Una serie de los noventa que se perdió injustamente. 👽📡 #DarkSkies #CienciaFicción #SeriesClásicas
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Dark Skies hacía lo mismo que Expediente X pero nadie la recuerda: ovnis, abducciones y gobiernos mintiendo a todo el mundo, ambientado en plena Guerra Fría. Una serie de los noventa que se perdió injustamente. 👽📡 #DarkSkies #CienciaFicción #SeriesClásicas
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Dark Skies hacía lo mismo que Expediente X pero nadie la recuerda: ovnis, abducciones y gobiernos mintiendo a todo el mundo, ambientado en plena Guerra Fría. Una serie de los noventa que se perdió injustamente. 👽📡 #DarkSkies #CienciaFicción #SeriesClásicas
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Dark Skies hacía lo mismo que Expediente X pero nadie la recuerda: ovnis, abducciones y gobiernos mintiendo a todo el mundo, ambientado en plena Guerra Fría. Una serie de los noventa que se perdió injustamente. 👽📡 #DarkSkies #CienciaFicción #SeriesClásicas
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Dark Skies hacía lo mismo que Expediente X pero nadie la recuerda: ovnis, abducciones y gobiernos mintiendo a todo el mundo, ambientado en plena Guerra Fría. Una serie de los noventa que se perdió injustamente. 👽📡 #DarkSkies #CienciaFicción #SeriesClásicas
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This legislation, if signed into law by the U.S. President, will have a direct and harmful effect on conditions at a designated International Dark Sky Sanctuary.
The news item: https://apnews.com/article/mining-moratorium-boundary-waters-senate-vote-3e3f0827d52dd6d37f5e554b804ff27c
The legislation: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/140
The Sanctuary: https://darksky.org/places/boundary-waters-canoe-area-dark-sky-sanctuary/
The world is watching.
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This legislation, if signed into law by the U.S. President, will have a direct and harmful effect on conditions at a designated International Dark Sky Sanctuary.
The news item: https://apnews.com/article/mining-moratorium-boundary-waters-senate-vote-3e3f0827d52dd6d37f5e554b804ff27c
The legislation: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/140
The Sanctuary: https://darksky.org/places/boundary-waters-canoe-area-dark-sky-sanctuary/
The world is watching.
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This legislation, if signed into law by the U.S. President, will have a direct and harmful effect on conditions at a designated International Dark Sky Sanctuary.
The news item: https://apnews.com/article/mining-moratorium-boundary-waters-senate-vote-3e3f0827d52dd6d37f5e554b804ff27c
The legislation: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/140
The Sanctuary: https://darksky.org/places/boundary-waters-canoe-area-dark-sky-sanctuary/
The world is watching.
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This legislation, if signed into law by the U.S. President, will have a direct and harmful effect on conditions at a designated International Dark Sky Sanctuary.
The news item: https://apnews.com/article/mining-moratorium-boundary-waters-senate-vote-3e3f0827d52dd6d37f5e554b804ff27c
The legislation: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/140
The Sanctuary: https://darksky.org/places/boundary-waters-canoe-area-dark-sky-sanctuary/
The world is watching.
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This legislation, if signed into law by the U.S. President, will have a direct and harmful effect on conditions at a designated International Dark Sky Sanctuary.
The news item: https://apnews.com/article/mining-moratorium-boundary-waters-senate-vote-3e3f0827d52dd6d37f5e554b804ff27c
The legislation: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-joint-resolution/140
The Sanctuary: https://darksky.org/places/boundary-waters-canoe-area-dark-sky-sanctuary/
The world is watching.
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Losing the Dark - Flat Screen Version
"Starry skies are a vanishing treasure because light pollution is washing away our view of the cosmos. It not only threatens astronomy, it disrupts wildlife, and affects human health. The yellow glows over cities and towns — seen so clearly from space — are testament to the billions spent in wasted energy from lighting up the sky.
"To help raise public awareness of some of the issues pertaining to light pollution, Loch Ness Productions in collaboration with the International #DarkSky Association has created a 6.5-minute 'public service announcement' called Losing the Dark. It introduces and illustrates some of the issues regarding #LightPollution, and suggests three simple actions people can take to help mitigate it.
"Losing the Dark was initially created in fulldome video format for digital planetarium use. It also has been made as a conventional flat screen video, for use in classrooms, kiosks, museum theaters, and advocate multimedia presentations. Classic #planetarium theaters without fulldome capability can show this version using their traditional video projectors."
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Losing the Dark - Flat Screen Version
"Starry skies are a vanishing treasure because light pollution is washing away our view of the cosmos. It not only threatens astronomy, it disrupts wildlife, and affects human health. The yellow glows over cities and towns — seen so clearly from space — are testament to the billions spent in wasted energy from lighting up the sky.
"To help raise public awareness of some of the issues pertaining to light pollution, Loch Ness Productions in collaboration with the International #DarkSky Association has created a 6.5-minute 'public service announcement' called Losing the Dark. It introduces and illustrates some of the issues regarding #LightPollution, and suggests three simple actions people can take to help mitigate it.
"Losing the Dark was initially created in fulldome video format for digital planetarium use. It also has been made as a conventional flat screen video, for use in classrooms, kiosks, museum theaters, and advocate multimedia presentations. Classic #planetarium theaters without fulldome capability can show this version using their traditional video projectors."
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Losing the Dark - Flat Screen Version
"Starry skies are a vanishing treasure because light pollution is washing away our view of the cosmos. It not only threatens astronomy, it disrupts wildlife, and affects human health. The yellow glows over cities and towns — seen so clearly from space — are testament to the billions spent in wasted energy from lighting up the sky.
"To help raise public awareness of some of the issues pertaining to light pollution, Loch Ness Productions in collaboration with the International #DarkSky Association has created a 6.5-minute 'public service announcement' called Losing the Dark. It introduces and illustrates some of the issues regarding #LightPollution, and suggests three simple actions people can take to help mitigate it.
"Losing the Dark was initially created in fulldome video format for digital planetarium use. It also has been made as a conventional flat screen video, for use in classrooms, kiosks, museum theaters, and advocate multimedia presentations. Classic #planetarium theaters without fulldome capability can show this version using their traditional video projectors."
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Losing the Dark - Flat Screen Version
"Starry skies are a vanishing treasure because light pollution is washing away our view of the cosmos. It not only threatens astronomy, it disrupts wildlife, and affects human health. The yellow glows over cities and towns — seen so clearly from space — are testament to the billions spent in wasted energy from lighting up the sky.
"To help raise public awareness of some of the issues pertaining to light pollution, Loch Ness Productions in collaboration with the International #DarkSky Association has created a 6.5-minute 'public service announcement' called Losing the Dark. It introduces and illustrates some of the issues regarding #LightPollution, and suggests three simple actions people can take to help mitigate it.
"Losing the Dark was initially created in fulldome video format for digital planetarium use. It also has been made as a conventional flat screen video, for use in classrooms, kiosks, museum theaters, and advocate multimedia presentations. Classic #planetarium theaters without fulldome capability can show this version using their traditional video projectors."
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Losing the Dark - Flat Screen Version
"Starry skies are a vanishing treasure because light pollution is washing away our view of the cosmos. It not only threatens astronomy, it disrupts wildlife, and affects human health. The yellow glows over cities and towns — seen so clearly from space — are testament to the billions spent in wasted energy from lighting up the sky.
"To help raise public awareness of some of the issues pertaining to light pollution, Loch Ness Productions in collaboration with the International #DarkSky Association has created a 6.5-minute 'public service announcement' called Losing the Dark. It introduces and illustrates some of the issues regarding #LightPollution, and suggests three simple actions people can take to help mitigate it.
"Losing the Dark was initially created in fulldome video format for digital planetarium use. It also has been made as a conventional flat screen video, for use in classrooms, kiosks, museum theaters, and advocate multimedia presentations. Classic #planetarium theaters without fulldome capability can show this version using their traditional video projectors."
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#PortlandME - At the #USM #Planetarium.
Cycle/Losing the Dark
"Starry skies are a vanishing treasure because light pollution is washing away our view of the cosmos. It not only threatens #astronomy, it disrupts #wildlife, and affects human health. The yellow glows over cities and towns — seen so clearly from space — are testament to the billions spent in wasted energy from lighting up the sky."
Price: $9 - $9.50
Dates:
April 16, 1pm - 2pm
April 17, 1pm - 2pm
April 17, 7pm - 8pm
April 18, 1pm - 2pmhttps://usm.maine.edu/calendar-of-events/series/cycle-losing-the-dark/
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#PortlandME - At the #USM #Planetarium.
Cycle/Losing the Dark
"Starry skies are a vanishing treasure because light pollution is washing away our view of the cosmos. It not only threatens #astronomy, it disrupts #wildlife, and affects human health. The yellow glows over cities and towns — seen so clearly from space — are testament to the billions spent in wasted energy from lighting up the sky."
Price: $9 - $9.50
Dates:
April 16, 1pm - 2pm
April 17, 1pm - 2pm
April 17, 7pm - 8pm
April 18, 1pm - 2pmhttps://usm.maine.edu/calendar-of-events/series/cycle-losing-the-dark/
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#PortlandME - At the #USM #Planetarium.
Cycle/Losing the Dark
"Starry skies are a vanishing treasure because light pollution is washing away our view of the cosmos. It not only threatens #astronomy, it disrupts #wildlife, and affects human health. The yellow glows over cities and towns — seen so clearly from space — are testament to the billions spent in wasted energy from lighting up the sky."
Price: $9 - $9.50
Dates:
April 16, 1pm - 2pm
April 17, 1pm - 2pm
April 17, 7pm - 8pm
April 18, 1pm - 2pmhttps://usm.maine.edu/calendar-of-events/series/cycle-losing-the-dark/
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#PortlandME - At the #USM #Planetarium.
Cycle/Losing the Dark
"Starry skies are a vanishing treasure because light pollution is washing away our view of the cosmos. It not only threatens #astronomy, it disrupts #wildlife, and affects human health. The yellow glows over cities and towns — seen so clearly from space — are testament to the billions spent in wasted energy from lighting up the sky."
Price: $9 - $9.50
Dates:
April 16, 1pm - 2pm
April 17, 1pm - 2pm
April 17, 7pm - 8pm
April 18, 1pm - 2pmhttps://usm.maine.edu/calendar-of-events/series/cycle-losing-the-dark/
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#PortlandME - At the #USM #Planetarium.
Cycle/Losing the Dark
"Starry skies are a vanishing treasure because light pollution is washing away our view of the cosmos. It not only threatens #astronomy, it disrupts #wildlife, and affects human health. The yellow glows over cities and towns — seen so clearly from space — are testament to the billions spent in wasted energy from lighting up the sky."
Price: $9 - $9.50
Dates:
April 16, 1pm - 2pm
April 17, 1pm - 2pm
April 17, 7pm - 8pm
April 18, 1pm - 2pmhttps://usm.maine.edu/calendar-of-events/series/cycle-losing-the-dark/
