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The Kaikōura Dark Sky Sanctuary was accredited as an International Dark Sky Sanctuary by DarkSky International in September 2024. [3] Kaikōura is the third dark sky sanctuary to be accredited in New Zealand. The Kaikōura Dark Sky Sanctuary has a pristine night sky, providing particularly clear viewing of the Milky Way galaxy.
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2024. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues , remasters , and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable , defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject.
For the Wairarapa reserve, the dark core is the entire area of the Aorangi Forest Park in the south of the reserve. [2] All measurements of night sky luminance in the core area are darker than 21.3 mag/arcsec 2 (corresponding to Bortle scale 3), and in places are as dark as 21.8 mag/arcsec 2 (Bortle scale 1).
DarkSky International, formerly the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA), [1] is a United States–based non-profit organization incorporated in 1988 by founders David Crawford, a professional astronomer, and Tim Hunter, a physician and amateur astronomer.
International Dark Sky Week (formerly the National Dark Sky Week) is held during the week of the new moon in April, [1] [2] when people worldwide may turn off their lights to observe the beauty of the night sky without light pollution. This event was founded in 2003 by high school student Jennifer Barlow of Midlothian, Virginia. [3]
Anderson Mesa Station is an astronomical observatory established in 1959 as a dark-sky observing site for Lowell Observatory. It is located at Anderson Mesa in Coconino County , Arizona , about 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Lowell's main campus on Mars Hill in Flagstaff, Arizona .
The dark-sky movement is a campaign to reduce light pollution.The advantages of reducing light pollution include an increased number of stars visible at night, reducing the effects of electric lighting on the environment, improving the well-being, [1] health [2] and safety [3] of people and wildlife, [4] and cutting down on energy usage.
In April 2022, the servers of Hydra, the largest Russian darknet drug market, were closed in Germany. [1] After this event, Russian darknet markets began to fight for the place of the market leader, arranging cyber attacks on each other and using aggressive advertising on the streets of Moscow.