I live in rural Southern MiddleTennessee in the Cumberland Plateau and I can still see the stars at night. One of the joys of my life is to look at the sky: clouds during the day, the sun rise in the morning, glorious sunsets at dusk, and the stars at night. I marvel every day at all this beauty.
Where i live all my neighbors have their lights on at night. I have a street lamp out the front of my house. I can see the lights from my park at night and rarely ever see the night sky and what it holds due to the light pollution. However i recently went to a developing country which did not have all of the lights like we do in developed nations and you can see pretty much all of the night sky and the stars. Its pretty sad how we miss out on seeing the night sky due to so much artificial light.
This is why most kids today think that the Milky Way is a candy bar. When my daughter was 7, I took her to a dark site to watch the Perseids. When she looked up at the sky she said "Awe Dad, there's clouds." I handed her the binoculars and told her to look again. She did, and exclaimed "They're stars!" One of my top ten moments with my daughter.
I have to say while i can see its a real global issue, it is defiantly more so in the US, in britain its gets dark at night, even in london if your outside of zone 1 its dark enough to see stars. I dont think most country's could afford to use lighting like the states do, its light enough to write a book in the streets there!
Maybe this is why they kill the funding for so many space programs. Politicians and officials nowadays never look up at a dark night and see the sky full of stars and milky way. We are covered in light because we want to defeat the darkness.
But in the end, is there a need for balance in the universe? dark always co exist with light? if humanity try to beat darkness can we actually survive the future?
I was seventeen years old the first time I saw the Milky Way...I had to climb into the Berkeley Hills and get above the fog just so I could see it. It was beautiful...unlike anything I had ever seen.
I remember the first time I could see the Milky Way and Jupiter, and it's amazingly beautiful. It's so sad you can't see that in cities. I think it would be awesome if cities would black out for maybe an hour or two at night, so the whole Milky way would be visible. Then everyone would look in awe.
@TheisticThinker You know, I don't think anybody would care. Every time I catch myself staring at the night sky, I'll see other people not even bothering to look up. It worries me...we're all trapped in our little bubbles that don't really mean shit.
@pineapplepeanuts I agree, but don't forget that for every time you are not looking at the sky, there is someone asking the same question, "why isn't everybody looking at the sky with me?"
@pineapplepeanuts Yeah I, unfortunately, think we're in the minority. I'm doing my best to spread the news about this documentary, the least I can do.
Most people don't care about light pollution, and nobody with the power to make things better cares about light pollution.
The majority view environmentalists as being a bunch of "tree hugging hippie time-wasters who don't live in the real world" and their causes as "worthless".
So forget about the wildlife and the stars, because your fellow man doesn't want to hear it.
The only way we're going to successfully fight light pollution is by focusing on the MONEY.
Dark Skies NW section of the International Dark-Sky Association requested consideration from the film agent to present this film in Seattle late in summer of 2011.
@aberrantdecoder I think what you did is just spam,even a child knows or understands what light pollution is, and while there's scientific evidence of universe expansion,you can't even nottest it in all your life time.Light pollution is a global problem, the effects they have in humans,animals and it's also a huge waste of resources, and it makes other problems worst,pollution,gas and oil needs making it more expensive.Scientis and your children will never see Orion or Andromed with naked eye...
@aberrantdecoder - spoken like someone who's never seen the Milky Way from a non-light polluted area. The cosmos can be seen just fine from places where it is dark. It can't be seen from areas where excessive and wasteful light blocks it from our view.
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well said.
chiehren 2 days ago
what is this music I'm hearing?
acousticjim82 2 weeks ago
I live in rural Southern MiddleTennessee in the Cumberland Plateau and I can still see the stars at night. One of the joys of my life is to look at the sky: clouds during the day, the sun rise in the morning, glorious sunsets at dusk, and the stars at night. I marvel every day at all this beauty.
mountainserenity 3 weeks ago
is there any chance to see this in Europe?
Roces52 4 weeks ago
Where i live all my neighbors have their lights on at night. I have a street lamp out the front of my house. I can see the lights from my park at night and rarely ever see the night sky and what it holds due to the light pollution. However i recently went to a developing country which did not have all of the lights like we do in developed nations and you can see pretty much all of the night sky and the stars. Its pretty sad how we miss out on seeing the night sky due to so much artificial light.
artilleryboy1 4 weeks ago
This is why most kids today think that the Milky Way is a candy bar. When my daughter was 7, I took her to a dark site to watch the Perseids. When she looked up at the sky she said "Awe Dad, there's clouds." I handed her the binoculars and told her to look again. She did, and exclaimed "They're stars!" One of my top ten moments with my daughter.
Ban light pollution.
jmar1371 4 weeks ago
I have to say while i can see its a real global issue, it is defiantly more so in the US, in britain its gets dark at night, even in london if your outside of zone 1 its dark enough to see stars. I dont think most country's could afford to use lighting like the states do, its light enough to write a book in the streets there!
faenor 1 month ago
Maybe this is why they kill the funding for so many space programs. Politicians and officials nowadays never look up at a dark night and see the sky full of stars and milky way. We are covered in light because we want to defeat the darkness.
But in the end, is there a need for balance in the universe? dark always co exist with light? if humanity try to beat darkness can we actually survive the future?
GigawingsVideo 1 month ago
I was seventeen years old the first time I saw the Milky Way...I had to climb into the Berkeley Hills and get above the fog just so I could see it. It was beautiful...unlike anything I had ever seen.
yakottayoungblood 1 month ago
I can't wait to own a copy of this doc
smackthatshit64 1 month ago
love the idea.
gogginfilms 1 month ago
what's the song name?
teddycheong 1 month ago
IMAX?
Weiszcracker 1 month ago
I remember the first time I could see the Milky Way and Jupiter, and it's amazingly beautiful. It's so sad you can't see that in cities. I think it would be awesome if cities would black out for maybe an hour or two at night, so the whole Milky way would be visible. Then everyone would look in awe.
TheisticThinker 1 month ago
@TheisticThinker You know, I don't think anybody would care. Every time I catch myself staring at the night sky, I'll see other people not even bothering to look up. It worries me...we're all trapped in our little bubbles that don't really mean shit.
pineapplepeanuts 1 month ago
@pineapplepeanuts I agree, but don't forget that for every time you are not looking at the sky, there is someone asking the same question, "why isn't everybody looking at the sky with me?"
Zsinjeh 3 weeks ago
@Zsinjeh Indeed there is, but those people, I believe, are few.
pineapplepeanuts 2 weeks ago
@pineapplepeanuts Yeah I, unfortunately, think we're in the minority. I'm doing my best to spread the news about this documentary, the least I can do.
Keep looking at the sky friend.
Zsinjeh 2 weeks ago
whats the song name ?
erne1236ify 1 month ago
Propaganda film made by amateur astronomers :-D
TheResidentSkeptic 1 month ago
@TheResidentSkeptic wtf? propaganda?
TheDenknach 1 month ago
@TheDenknach Just a joke... I'm an amateur astronomer. I hate mercury-vapor lamps!
TheResidentSkeptic 1 month ago
Saw the film last night. Very good!
KelleyTexas 4 months ago
Ants work! Each one reducing their on light pollution!
scosmico 6 months ago
Most people don't care about light pollution, and nobody with the power to make things better cares about light pollution.
The majority view environmentalists as being a bunch of "tree hugging hippie time-wasters who don't live in the real world" and their causes as "worthless".
So forget about the wildlife and the stars, because your fellow man doesn't want to hear it.
The only way we're going to successfully fight light pollution is by focusing on the MONEY.
Greed is all. Alas.
snotboogies 7 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
I'm going to see this on Sunday. Can't wait.
JD06STi 8 months ago
Dark Skies NW section of the International Dark-Sky Association requested consideration from the film agent to present this film in Seattle late in summer of 2011.
ingramdw21 10 months ago
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we can't see the cosmos anymore because the universe is expanding duh
aberrantdecoder 11 months ago
@aberrantdecoder I think what you did is just spam,even a child knows or understands what light pollution is, and while there's scientific evidence of universe expansion,you can't even nottest it in all your life time.Light pollution is a global problem, the effects they have in humans,animals and it's also a huge waste of resources, and it makes other problems worst,pollution,gas and oil needs making it more expensive.Scientis and your children will never see Orion or Andromed with naked eye...
carlosvgonzalez 11 months ago
@aberrantdecoder uh, it's not too different than what galileo saw.
punishalltrolls 11 months ago
@aberrantdecoder - spoken like someone who's never seen the Milky Way from a non-light polluted area. The cosmos can be seen just fine from places where it is dark. It can't be seen from areas where excessive and wasteful light blocks it from our view.
eyesontheskyDOTcom 8 months ago
@aberrantdecoder yes we still can. duh. please delete your dumbass comment.
punishalltrolls 8 months ago in playlist Dark Sky
Please tell me where I could watch the actual film? Please tell me there is! This looks absolutely amazing.
cHeryljwanG 11 months ago 2
Yes, it's time to fight this problem!
carlosvgonzalez 11 months ago
Looks good!
proceedapathy 11 months ago