When was the last time you gazed at the stars? If you live in a city, there may not be much to see. But one small town in Marin County is trying to protect its view of the night sky by embracing the darkness.
At sunset in San Francisco, the lights come on and the city gleams like a jewel. It looks a little different in Point Reyes. There’s still a light show there, you just have to look a little closer to see it.San Francisco Bars, Restaurants Abuzz After Proof Of COVID Vaccination Restrictions Lifted
He specializes in long-exposure photographs. His Main Street studio is filled with incredible images of the Milky Way Galaxy rising up over Marin County. But little of it is visible to the naked eye because of the dome of light we have created over our cities. Arndt and her friend Peggy Day are trying to shed light on the importance of not shedding light. They are co-founders of an effort to make the town a “Dark Sky Reserve,” where light is only used where it is needed.
But the town has been remarkably agreeable to the initiative, and the firemen say an upcoming renovation will include a switch to shut off the lights when not in use.“That divorce, of being unaware of 50 percent of our view, is symbolic of the divorce we have from the natural world in a bigger sense; that I think lies at the heart of every environmental calamity we’re facing on the planet,” he said.
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