DarkSky Oregon
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Source Weekly Earth Heroes: DarkSky Oregon’s Bill Kowalik named “Air Hero”
Earth Heroes: Meet these local nonprofit champions, dedicating their lives to protecting the air, land and water
Dark Skies Gorge: Celebrate ‘Dark Skies’ next week
Try to imagine what the night sky looked like the day your great-grandmother was born. (Or maybe your great-great-grandmother, if you’re young.) Thomas Edison hadn’t yet invented the light bulb, so artificial light was limited to candles and oil lanterns. The night sky looked exactly as it had for millions of years, studded with planets, stars, the bright arch of the Milky Way, and the occasional meteor, comet, or aurora display. But look up at night now, and what can you see?
CNN Science: Light pollution is getting worse, but there is a movement to make our skies dark again
By Joshua Korber Hoffman, CNN
When a series of lightning strikes took down power across New York City on the night of July 13, 1977, streetlights, neon signs, and the bright lights of houses and skyscrapers went dark.
And just like that, for the first time in decades, the Milky Way could be seen streaked across the black sky, speckled by thousands of shimmering stars.
