Light Pollution

[Rob P]

Wouldn't like to be observing in the UK, or most places in Europe either.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/apr/14/light-pollution-dark-sky-campaign

A short drive to a good dark site seems a minor inconvenience!!!

[supernova1965]

Yep Rob lets declare A war on LIGHT POLLUTION

[Solitarian]

Interesting read, good luck to them fighting that one.
Bring on World Heritage listing for dark skies.


An old NASA map from APOD, I wonder how much has changed in 12 years.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights2_dmsp_big.jpg

[Liz]

A good read, thanks Rob. :thumbsup:

I am pretty lucky where I am with good N W and E views, S is lit up by a damn Nickel refinery, thanks Clive. ;)

[JB80]

It's such a shame, I just spent a week in one of the better dark sky areas in France and compared to where I live which is arguably the worst light pollution in Europe the difference is huge. It was the best sky I had seen since leaving Oz. It really made me appreciate even more how good we have it at home.