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Tuesday, August 22, 2006

 

The Futures so Bright, I Gotta wear Shades

Image NASA
Everyones seen this picture of the Earth from Space. Well here is a site devoted to mapping light pollution from space. As well as images of various parts of the Earth glowing gently, there are maps of limiting star magnitudes, and the rate of increase of light pollution. Scary Stuff, I get frustsrtaed by the skies at my suburban home in Adelaide, but we are dark compared to most of Europe. Time to join the Dark Skies Assotiation. Here is some Dark Sky resources from Adelaide to get you going.

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