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A working group led by Nicky McArthur held their first public seminar to promote the Kaikōura dark-sky initiative in February 2021. [8] The Kaikōura Dark Sky Trust was a registered as a charity in New Zealand in 2022, [9] to work towards accreditation of a dark-sky preserve in the Kaikōura area. [10]
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.
A dark sky place is exactly what it sounds like. Modern lighting in cities and towns contributes to light pollution, which obscures many stars from sight for those who live in urban environments.
The best way to see the Milky Way is from one of Michigan's dark sky parks, situated away from major sources of light pollution. Keep in mind that as state parks, some dark sky parks may require a ...
The Jizera Dark Sky Park (Polish: Izerski Park Ciemnego Nieba - IPCN, Czech: Jizerská oblast tmavé oblohy - JOTO) is the first transnational dark-sky preserve. It is located in a nearly-uninhabited region of the Jizera Mountains that lies halfway between Poland and the Czech Republic .
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]
The Kawarau Gibbston Dark Sky Park is a dark-sky preserve located between Cromwell and Queenstown in the Queenstown-Lakes District in the South Island of New Zealand. It covers an area of 25 km 2 (9.7 sq mi) along a section of the Kawarau River , and is centred on the small community of Gibbston .
Layout of some Great Rift "constellations" as represented by the Inca. Dark zones obscuring the night-sky lighting mass of the bulk of the Milky Way in a dry atmosphere (or at long exposures) were recognized by many ancient civilizations in which a seasonally or regularly dry climate is a frequent feature.