Starry Night Lights

South Pole Offers Prime Astronomy Real Estate on Oct 29, 2009 in Astronomy Light Pollution Source Image credit: Patrick Cullis, National Science Foundation “The photo, captured above the new elevated station at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in July 2009, is a 20-minute exposure revealing the southern celestial axis — the white...

Black sky at night, stargazers’ delight on Oct 22, 2009 in Astronomy Light Pollution environment “The constellation of Cepheus as seen from the remote wilderness of the Galloway region in south-west Scotland.” Image Credit: Alamy Source “We have lost the experience of looking at the dark skies because most people live in cities...

Living and Building Green Expo on Oct 20, 2009 in Light Pollution Residential Lighting Starry Night Lights green building This past weekend I attended the annual Living & Building Green Expo at The Canyons resort in Park City. This years event was even bigger than those in the past. This was especially surprising given how beautiful the weather was. I guess it just...

In New York Solar Power LEDs are Big Hit on Oct 15, 2009 in Light Pollution Sky Glow environment “Photo by © Copyright Chris Milian. All Rights Reserved :: www.PhotosFromOnHigh.com Source “Solar-powered LEDs can deliver the solution to three ongoing problems: the cost of municipal (and general) lighting; the pollution generated by p...

Blinded by the Light on Oct 12, 2009 in Light Pollution Sky Glow environment Source “In every corner of the globe tonight, our nighttime sky shines brighter than it did less than 10 years ago with potentially serious consequences to humans, animals and ecosystem.” “Light pollution has always been a problem...

Keji could become official dark sky preserve on Oct 9, 2009 in Astronomy Light Pollution Wildlife Lighting environment Image Credit: http://www.muiniskw.org/pgHistory3.htm Source Kejimkujik national park lies in Nova Scotia, Canada. The 363-square-kilometre park boasts some of the darkest skies in southern Canada, far away from surrounding urban light pollution. Natu...

Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy approaches first light on Oct 7, 2009 in Astronomy NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (top) with F/A-18 safety chase on 10 May 2007 during the first series of test flights for performance verification of the modified Boeing 747SP aircraft and (bottom) during night-time flig...