#nightskies — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #nightskies, aggregated by home.social.
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A #SpaceMirror Will Test Turning Night Into Day. What To Know About the Controversial Project
by Jeffrey Kluger, Jul 14, 2026
Excerpt: "The company envisions multiple uses for sun-reflecting satellites: assisting search and rescue operations, allowing construction projects to operate around the clock, charging solar power stations, increasing crop yield. But critics cite all manner of risks. Human and animal #CircadianRhythms could be badly affected if the sun—or a simulacrum of it—never sets. The practice of changing the clocks by a mere hour twice a year is already known to mess with human sleep-wake cycles, after all. Plants could bloom when they shouldn’t and die before their time. Orbital mirrors flashing and winking back to Earth could distract airline pilots. Finally, #LightPollution is already interfering with astronomical observations—a problem made even worse by satellite constellations like #SpaceX’s 10,000-strong #Starlink fleet. #ReflectOrbital’s 50,000 birds would dwarf even that."
Read more:
https://time.com/article/2026/07/14/reflect-orbital-space-mirror-what-to-know/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/P4uaz#NightSkies #ElonSucks
#SpacePollution #SunReflectingSatellites #BadIdeas #SpaceTechBros #SendTechBrosToMars #FCCFail #BrendanCarr #WTF -
A #SpaceMirror Will Test Turning Night Into Day. What To Know About the Controversial Project
by Jeffrey Kluger, Jul 14, 2026
Excerpt: "The company envisions multiple uses for sun-reflecting satellites: assisting search and rescue operations, allowing construction projects to operate around the clock, charging solar power stations, increasing crop yield. But critics cite all manner of risks. Human and animal #CircadianRhythms could be badly affected if the sun—or a simulacrum of it—never sets. The practice of changing the clocks by a mere hour twice a year is already known to mess with human sleep-wake cycles, after all. Plants could bloom when they shouldn’t and die before their time. Orbital mirrors flashing and winking back to Earth could distract airline pilots. Finally, #LightPollution is already interfering with astronomical observations—a problem made even worse by satellite constellations like #SpaceX’s 10,000-strong #Starlink fleet. #ReflectOrbital’s 50,000 birds would dwarf even that."
Read more:
https://time.com/article/2026/07/14/reflect-orbital-space-mirror-what-to-know/Archived version:
https://archive.ph/P4uaz#NightSkies #ElonSucks
#SpacePollution #SunReflectingSatellites #BadIdeas #SpaceTechBros #SendTechBrosToMars #FCCFail #BrendanCarr #WTF -
Another piece by Maine artist #SusanBickford -- "Nut's Garment: What do we Carry?". 2024-25. Silk, hand #embroidery, silver thread. 3 feet 9 inches wide by 3 feet by 9 inches long. Part of the "Of Sybils and Source" exhibit in #PortlandME.
Artist statement: "Constellations located at significant astrological aspects of Summer Solstice chart 2024 embroidered into a hand sewn Kaftan. Embroidered while traveling in Italy, France, Greece, and finished upon returning home in #Maine."
#FirstFridayArtWalk #FiberArts #MaineArtists #EgyptianMythology #Muses #GoddessNut #NightSkies #Art
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Another piece by Maine artist #SusanBickford -- "Nut's Garment: What do we Carry?". 2024-25. Silk, hand #embroidery, silver thread. 3 feet 9 inches wide by 3 feet by 9 inches long. Part of the "Of Sybils and Source" exhibit in #PortlandME.
Artist statement: "Constellations located at significant astrological aspects of Summer Solstice chart 2024 embroidered into a hand sewn Kaftan. Embroidered while traveling in Italy, France, Greece, and finished upon returning home in #Maine."
#FirstFridayArtWalk #FiberArts #MaineArtists #EgyptianMythology #Muses #GoddessNut #NightSkies #Art
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Solutions to #LightPollution
#DarkSkyInternational, April 10, 2018
Updated July 24, 2023"Light pollution is harming our environment, wildlife habitats, and our quality of life.
Every day needs a nightAll around us, this unintended pollutant is taking a silent toll. Each year, thousands of migrating birds and shorebirds are killed because of unnecessary artificial light at night. Light pollution threatens aquatic ecosystems by increasing the risk of harmful algae blooms. It also impacts our quality of life by eradicating our access to the wonder of beautiful #NightSkies.
Help us save the night
The good news is, the solution is as easy as screwing in a lightbulb. Light pollution is something we can all help erase, in our homes and backyards, the parks that we play in, and the cities and towns we call home.
Some of the tactics and actions you can take to help immediately are provided below. We hope you’ll join us as we tackle this major problem that gets minimal coverage."
Learn more:
https://darksky.org/resources/what-is-light-pollution/light-pollution-solutions/#SolarPunkSunday #LunarPunkSunday #DarkSkies #RewildTheNight #LightPollution
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Solutions to #LightPollution
#DarkSkyInternational, April 10, 2018
Updated July 24, 2023"Light pollution is harming our environment, wildlife habitats, and our quality of life.
Every day needs a nightAll around us, this unintended pollutant is taking a silent toll. Each year, thousands of migrating birds and shorebirds are killed because of unnecessary artificial light at night. Light pollution threatens aquatic ecosystems by increasing the risk of harmful algae blooms. It also impacts our quality of life by eradicating our access to the wonder of beautiful #NightSkies.
Help us save the night
The good news is, the solution is as easy as screwing in a lightbulb. Light pollution is something we can all help erase, in our homes and backyards, the parks that we play in, and the cities and towns we call home.
Some of the tactics and actions you can take to help immediately are provided below. We hope you’ll join us as we tackle this major problem that gets minimal coverage."
Learn more:
https://darksky.org/resources/what-is-light-pollution/light-pollution-solutions/#SolarPunkSunday #LunarPunkSunday #DarkSkies #RewildTheNight #LightPollution
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The moon looked enormous this evening 🌕
#moon #risingmoon #nighrsky #nightskies #moonrise #pretty #maan #indemaneschijn
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Through the eyes of our guests...
#NightSkies #AstronomyLovers #UnderTheStars #RoamAndRest
#CampVibes #Vanlife #Camping #CampingInPortugal #Alentejo #PeacefulPlaces #SoulfulTravel #GuestVew #SilentSunday -
Southern skies. On a farm in the Robertson Karoo the stars are bright and the Magellanic Clouds are easily visible
Light pollution from Worcester is visible bottom right#ThrowbackThursday
#photography
#astronomy
#astrophotography
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Dedo al cielo | Finger to the Sky.
Buenas noches | Good night.
#milkyway #milkywaygalaxy #night #nightphotography #nightphoto #nightphotographer #milkyway_photography #nightsky #starrynight #starrysky #astrophotography #astrophoto #landscape #nightlandscape #nightlandscapes #landscapephotography #photography #photographer #photographylovers #mastodonphotography #photographyonmastodon #fediphoto #fediphotography #nightshots #nightskyphotography #nightskies @photography
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Get some Night Skies by @MassiveWagons up yer earholes 🤘😎
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Tozal de la Cobeta en Jubierre (Los Monegros).
Tomada en el verano de 2021 | Taken at 2021 summer.
#astrophotography #astrophotographer #astrophoto #milkyway #night #nightphotography #nightphoto #monegros #HuescalaMagia #nightphotographer #landscape #landscapephotography #nightlandscapes #desertlandscape #nightsky #starrynight #nature #naturephotography #mastodonphotography #photography #photo #photographer #fediphoto #photographylovers #nightskies #milkywayphotography @photography
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Exactly one month to the day, we had another spectacular aurora borealis. We were fighting some clouds and freezing fog, but were still able to see this awesome site. Here's a little timelapse from some of my images taken on the shore of Lake Superior. Shortly after this I discovered by lens was coated in a thin layer of ice.
#auroraborealis #aurora #Photography #lakesuperior #nightskies
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Exactly one month to the day, we had another spectacular aurora borealis. We were fighting some clouds and freezing fog, but were still able to see this awesome site. Here's a little timelapse from some of my images taken on the shore of Lake Superior. Shortly after this I discovered by lens was coated in a thin layer of ice.
#auroraborealis #aurora #Photography #lakesuperior #nightskies
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Anyway back to #tooting more pics from the #nightskies #starryskies #stars #constellations does anyone know? Sure they would I know nothing of the stars and constellations 🌌
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Global News BC: Northern lights dance across B.C. skies, delighting photographers https://globalnews.ca/news/9577747/northern-lights-photos-bc-aurora-borealis/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #howtophotographnorthernlights #northernlightactivities #howtoseenorthernlights #Northernlightsphotos #Geomagneticstorm #BritishColumbia #AuroraBorealis #NorthernLights #WeatherPhotos #B.C.weather #nightskies #SolarStorm #Weather #Aurora
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Global News BC: Northern lights dance across B.C. skies, delighting photographers https://globalnews.ca/news/9577747/northern-lights-photos-bc-aurora-borealis/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #howtophotographnorthernlights #northernlightactivities #howtoseenorthernlights #Northernlightsphotos #Geomagneticstorm #BritishColumbia #AuroraBorealis #NorthernLights #WeatherPhotos #B.C.weather #nightskies #SolarStorm #Weather #Aurora
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Star light, star bright, first star I… Oh wait, that’s Venus! (I’m still gonna make a wish…) 🌃
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Star light, star bright, first star I… Oh wait, that’s Venus! (I’m still gonna make a wish…) 🌃
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Goodnight everyone! #nightskies #palmtrees #nevada #photography #blackandwhite
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Goodnight everyone! #nightskies #palmtrees #nevada #photography #blackandwhite
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It’s a full moon tonight! The moon always fascinates me. I just want to look up at it all night! #fullmoon #moon #nightskies #photography
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It’s a full moon tonight! The moon always fascinates me. I just want to look up at it all night! #fullmoon #moon #nightskies #photography
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@pawley @skyglowberlin @royvangrunsven @DGaladi @Airam_Rguez @YvanDutil @andreas_jechow @JohnBarentine @remiboucher @DianaUmpierre
Sharing to the world ;) the presence here at Mastodon of +two researchers who care about the protection of the #nightskies (#satelliteconstellations , #lightpollution ):
