The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light

[David Morris]

On Thursday, September 5, 2013, Joseph Tracy wrote:

> I live in Vermont about 500 yards from the nearest steetlamp and maybe
> twice that from the highway that passes through town.  Having lived in many
> rural places I treasure the unimpeded starlight and the blackness of an
> overcast evening. The only noise is the small volume of traffic on our road
> and the creek across the street.   A few of us have helped prevent more
> lights from going up in town and argued to reduce what we have or get lamps
> that are efficient and direct the light down.  When one flies the sheer
> volume of energy being used on excessive light is disturbing even though
> the patterns are visually entrancing.
>
> On
>
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