Colorado Towns And The Dark Sky Project

[Mike Kennedy]

Colorado Towns Work to Preserve a Diminishing Resource: Darkness


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/13/u...0160814&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=66259986&_r=0

 

[bnmappraisal]

Good article Mike, thanks for posting.

This hit me:
"Night skies like this one are disappearing across much of the world, nibbled away by the ever-expanding glow of city lights. American skies are no different. Four out of five Americans live in places where they can no longer see the Milky Way"
(my bold) ouch, but believable