Lights off - Stars on in Iceland

glenc (Glen) · #1 30-09-2006, 04:15 PM

This sounds like a good idea. Hope it was clear!

Lights off - Stars on is a grand scale happening that marks the opening of the Reykjavik International Film Festival. The City Council of Reykjavik and its neighboring municipalities have agreed to turn off all the city lights in the capital area for half an hour while a renowned astronomer talks about the stars and the constellations on national radio.
http://simnet.is/andri/

wavelandscott (Scott) · #2 30-09-2006, 05:03 PM

That is pretty cool! I hope it is/was a success!

I had an opportunity to visit Iceland on a holiday once and found it to be a surprisingly nice place to visit...

It was really strange seeing the sun not go all the way down...it was very difficult to tell the difference (from sunlight) between 10:00 AM and 10:00 PM...

My wife's family are friends with the guy who was the then US Ambassador to Iceland...we stayed in the US Embassy compound...it was awesome and a trip I won't forget.

gaa_ian (Ian) · #3 01-10-2006, 12:23 AM

What a great plan !
Now if we could just organise that for our observing nights

CoombellKid · #4 01-10-2006, 02:59 AM

I think that's an awesome idea, cities filled with people sitting out under
dark skies listening to the radio as someone talks about the sky above.
Almost a wine & cheese or in my case beer and burgers event.

regards,CS sunny days

Rob