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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

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

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

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

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

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

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