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Maine Switches the Lights Off for Conservation

State lawmakers pass a bill to limit public light pollution to benefit wildlife.

SQM Expansion

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Why No One Can See the Stars Anymore

Dr Joe Hanson traveled to McDonald Observatory in far west Texas, one of the darkest places in North America, to learn what people are doing in order to preserve dark skies

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The New World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness

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Astrotourism and Night Sky Brightness Forecast: First Probabilistic Model Approach

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Light in Harmony with Human and Nature

Video by landooetv - The communities Kirchschlag bei Linz and Steinbach am Attersee now have cutting edge illumination that not only saves energy and costs, but also puts the people’s needs first.

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Losing the Dark

To help raise public awareness of some of the issues pertaining to light pollution, Loch Ness Productions in collaboration with the International Dark-Sky Association has created a 6.5-minute "public service announcement" called Losing the Dark. It introduces and illustrates some of the issues regarding light pollution, and suggests three simple actions people can take to help mitigate it.