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Originally Posted by Pine Cove
Let's pray all the neighbors turn off their spotlights, streetlights and
artificial decorations so we can see a beautiful night sky.
I remember the days when people enjoyed the simple and peaceful ways of living on our precious Lake. The sky was so outrageous.
Wishing all a wonderful Sunday evening viewing the stars.
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The skies up around the lake and mountains used to be so dark. I've been noticing them getting brighter every year with such powerful outdoor lighting that everyone seems to be putting up lately. It's a shame really because there is so much to see in the skies. Our town ZBA stupidly let an industrial building expand onto residential zoned land 2 lots from us. I gave the planning board this website
http://www.darksky.org/ and they are now using some of the information for future projects and we had our brilliantly lighted facility toned down dramatically. (Think Lampoon Christmas vacation when he lights up the house). There is some good info on the site.
Here is a few other sites I've checked out too.
http://skykeepers.org/
http://www.lightpollution.it/dmsp/index.html
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/resources/darksky
http://www.starrynightlights.com/lpIndex.html