Photographers Build the World’s Largest Remote Observatory https://petapixel.com/2025/07/11/photographers-build-the-worlds-largest-remote-observatory/ #starfrontobservatories #astrophotography #remotetelescope #lightpollution #observatory #Equipment #brayfalls #telescope #nightsky #Space #astro #News
#lightPollution
80% of the world population is living under artificially illuminated skies, and it's increasing in brightness and spatial extent. #Rivers and #coastal regions are particular hotspots. Andy Vowles stands in for Matthew Hatfield and tells us that #eel are more active when under artificial light at night. Whereas #trout were less active when exposed to #LightPollution #FSBI2025
"The leading international authority that certifies dark sky parks says the artificial light from #AlligatorAlcatraz 'directly threatens' the preserve’s renowned natural darkness and disrupts endangered #nocturnal #wildlife."
Shitting on lamps is not a very efficient way of fighting light pollution, but this stork is doing what it can.
There's an industry in the UK pushing a tourism-led agenda that we have dark skies that make them worthy of recognition.
It relies on chutzpah rather than hard work tackling light pollution.
Lines are drawn around places like Eryri ('Snowdonia') that are dark relative to, say, a town and declared "truly dark" and "pristine".
But these areas are blighted by 'imported' light pollution, as this shot from Anglesey, looking to the N and NE this morning, clearly shows.
New instance, new #introduction post!
The time has come for me to move on to this instance much more in line with my interests.
Gone are the many messages that I posted over the last couple of years, but I'm happy to have found a new, more like-minded community to compensate for this migration side effect.
You will find me sharing mostly #LandscapePhotography, #NightPhotography, #MacroPhotography and #BirdPhotography.
I am also interested in #astronomy and #LightPollution.
Below are a few of my landscape photos.
Among people who live in #port cities in the #UK, "light pollution appears to be the lowest priority, with only four cities saying it is a very important issue." Furthermore, "ports are least likely to receive complaints about soil and light pollution, as well as invasive species, with the majority of the sample stating they never receive these complaints."
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/12/9722
#LightPollution #DarkSkies #UnitedKingdom #PortCities #Europe
In order to fully understand how #LightPollution affects our world, we need to know how much of it is in which places. Divergent results from different measurement methods present some tension, but recent research suggests a way forward.
Read more about how we can reconcile views of the Earth at night from above and below: http://www.darkskyconsulting.com/blog/from-ground-to-sky-reconciling-light-pollution-measurements-from-above-and-below
"Recent research shows the night sky in #NorthAmerica is getting brighter every year – on average, researchers say, you can see about 10 percent fewer stars than the year before. But the #BigBend area in #Texas has fended off the light glow that washes out starry nights."
New publication: Intensity and colour of artificial light at night affect insect attraction in a taxon-dependent manner. #biodiversity #lightpollution #ALAN #artificiallightatnight
https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12855
@frankobert Darum ist es u.a. so wichtig, sich gegen Lichtverschmutzung einzusetzen. Sonst ist (nicht nur) die Milchstraße bald nirgends mehr zu sehen.
Hier gibt es Tipps vom BUND:
https://www.bund-rhein-neckar-odenwald.de/themen-und-projekte/naturschutz/nachtretter/
As light pollution increases, West Texas works to protect the world's largest 'dark sky reserve' : NPR
#LightPollution #DarkSkies #Texas
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/01/nx-s1-5398493/light-pollution-west-texas-dark-sky-reserve-observatory-stars-galaxies-constelations
"City Lights Extend Growing Season for Urban Trees"
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/city-lights-trees-growing-season
“We used a stratified survey to explore the impact of residing in regions with different sky brightness levels on the perception of anthropogenic light. Brightness levels were perceived as satisfactory, despite most recognising negative impacts. Respondents who lived or grew up in high-sky brightness regions were more likely to feel unsafe and to perceive anthropogenic light as beneficial for nature and health. Support for technological mitigation measures and awareness campaigns was high, but support for shorter illumination time was higher in areas with lower sky brightness.”
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169204625001537
This also suggests that artificial skyglow (a form of light pollution) is almost certainly a source of evolutionary pressure.
If you care about #Biodiversity, if you care about #GlobalChange, or if you care about #Sustainability, you should care about #LightPollution.
It's the stupidest form of #pollution, and the easiest to fix.
Reminder: my #LPS25 talk is tomorrow - literally the last talk of the conference.
But I promise it's going to be entertaining and you'll leave on a high note! Here's a sneak peak...
#RemoteSensing #LightPollution #Aotearoa #NewZealand #VIIRS_DNB #SuomiNPP #Night
#LightPollution #Astronomie #Astronomy
"Light Pollution: What Is Brightening Our Night Skies?"
🔗https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/light-pollution-what-is-brightening-our-night-skies/
The #Sentinel3 team also just mentioned offhand that Sentenel3-NG will support twilight and night observations!
At #LPS25 the #Sentinel2 team just said that they will support nighttime observations in Sentinel 2NG.
My understanding was that this was expected to be impossible with the existing architecture, so I'm very curious to hear more!
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