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Light pollution disrupts the natural environment and wastes energy.

International Dark Sky Week 14-20 April 2012

The International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) encourages all to celebrate the stars April 14-20! Created in 2003 by high school student Jennifer Barlow, International Dark Sky Week (IDSW) has grown to become a worldwide event and a key component of Global Astronomy Month. The goals of IDSW are to appreciate the beauty of the night sky and to raise ...

Do We Need the Dark?

The City Dark is a feature documentary about light pollution and the disappearing night sky. The film follows filmmaker (and amateur astronomer) Ian Cheney, who moves to New York City from Maine and discovers an urban sky almost completely devoid of stars. He poses a deceptively simple question—“What do we lose, when we lose the night?” The ...