NASA – Dark Skies: Turn on the Night

If the nighttime stars are only a distant memory to you, or – even worse – a mythological tale, check out this before & after photo from the NASA website. A small hillside town in Kaihua County in far western China decided to turn down many of their lights.

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap190516.html

Give the photo a few seconds to load, then move your cursor onto and off the picture. You’ll see the town lights go out and the stars come on, just like they would if your town didn’t have all those lights on every night. Then think about the Dark Sky Association.

By the way the main NASA page is a great home page for your web browser. A different photo & explanation every day, popping up as soon as you hit the web.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/
[Chuck Almdale]