As
my homepage states "I am committed to fighting light pollution." I do so first
and foremost, because of my love for the night sky. I have spent countless hours
taking in its majesty from more locations than I can count. Each and every night
is different and special in its own way.
Stargazing is a threatened endeavor. The relentless spread of light pollution threatens to eradicate the night sky for much of the worlds population. Light by glaring light, we're erasing stars from the sky. Its been such a slow and steady progression, that most people didn't even notice it happening. But, I sure did. Much of what I hold dear is at risk. My efforts are to halt and eventually reverse this trend.
The night sky is important to us all. Even if you don't have the slightest interest in stargazing, the night sky provides a sanity check for us all. Just as the view across a smog covered city by day is a clear indication of its environmental health, the view of the night sky is its after hours counterpart. Areas which show our Milky Way Galaxy in all its majesty are displaying a health and vigor that is typically lacking. Click on the preceding link to see what the sky should look like.
Light pollution is a scourge to our environment. It wastes vast sums of money, needlessly consumes huge quantities of our energy resources and then contributes to air pollution and global warming by forcing utility companies to burn fossil fuels to produce all the electricity to drive all the needlessly produced outdoor lighting.
Starry Night Lights is located in Park City, Utah. A beautiful mountain town located in northern Utah. Park City skies still display the Milky Way, though no where near as brilliantly as they did just a few years ago. A decade-long frenzy of thoughtless development has made its indelible mark on it.
Starry Night Lights aims to restore the night sky to its past luster. We're working to address the problem one bad light at a time.
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Checkout our new Outdoor Lighting Blog for news you can use on lights, lighting and light pollution |
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Bright Lights Come To Pinebrook -
When most people think of light pollution,
they think of big cities and mile upon
glaring mile of bright, glaring lights. They
certainly don't have images of Pinebrook in
their mind's eye.
What's Your Excuse? - It seems there
are as many reasons for contributing to
light pollution as there are light
polluters. Every light polluter has a
"special" reason why what they're doing is
"ok" or at least should be overlooked. |
Commercial Lighting - Commercial
outdoor lighting accounts for a huge
percentage of all the light used at night.
Its also a huge contributor to the light
pollution that's enveloping our society.
An Explosion of Light - It happened so slowly that we didn’t really even notice it. It’s been a part of our lives for so long that we’ve taken it for granted. Little by little, light by light, we have virtually eliminated the night from large portions of the globe. Find out how improper nighttime lighting is robbing us of star-filled skies... Interior Lighting, Too! - Starry Night Lights has now begun to offer interior lighting, too. It’s true. Read on....
Why Does The Sky Glow At Night? -
Have you ever noticed that the night sky
is no longer inky black and full of
stars like it used to be? Have you
noticed the strange orangish glow that's
replaced it? The strange orangy glow is
a form of light pollution referred to as
sky glow. |
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