Turn Out the Lights
A New Push to Turn Off the Lights in 2009
Astronomers are fed up. One fifth of the world’s population cannot see the Milky Way because street lamps and building lights are too bright. So scientists are mounting a new campaign, called Dark Skies Awareness, aiming to reduce light pollution as part of the 2009 International Year of Astronomy.
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Comment from James Cronen
Time: January 6, 2009, 10:02 pm
Thankfully the Milky Way is getting larger. That should solve the problem.
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Comment from ecoli
Time: January 6, 2009, 2:28 pm
good luck with that