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Why the Stars Are Disappearing
Check out America From Scratch: https://youtu.be/LVuEJ15J19s SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss a video! ►► http://bit.ly/iotbs_sub ↓↓↓ More info and sources below ↓↓↓ It never gets dark anymore. Not REALLY dark, anyway. Not like it used to. Light pollution is not only making it more difficult to see the night sky, but it's also affecting our health. For the past century and a half, since the dawn of electric light, we’ve been losing our connection to the night. We need artificial light for modern society, of course. The problem is, we need darkness for our health, and for the health of wildlife and ecosystems, and we’re not getting enough of it. I traveled to McDonald Observatory in far west Texas, one of the darkest places in North America, to learn what people are doing in order to preserve dark skies, and to see truly dark skies for myself (and so I could show them to you!). This video features time lapse night sky images that I’ve been collecting for the past few years, and I hope they make you feel something special. Turn out the lights, keep looking up, and don’t be afraid of the dark. #lightpollution #darkskies #astronomy SOURCES/MORE INFO: https://ift.tt/2YS9eBB ----------- FOLLOW US for more curiosity: Twitter http://www.twitter.com/DrJoeHanson http://www.twitter.com/okaytobesmart Instagram https://ift.tt/2Og06lJ https://ift.tt/2Hwu5Wc Merch https://ift.tt/2kHLiNf Facebook https://ift.tt/2YKQHHi Books from our episodes: https://ift.tt/2HO4V1g
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