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.“I’m making photographs of what it looked like maybe 100 or 200 years ago.” said Point Reyes artist and photographer Marty Knapp.
“The stars were amazing and magnificent hundreds of years ago, because you didn’t have all the ambient light coming down from the cities, streetlights and cars,” Knapp explained.“Over the last few years, I’ve watched the lighting problem build and seen more and more added on,” said resident Laura Arndt. “And I think the LED’s in the streetlights was the straw that broke the camel’s back.”
“Not all light is light pollution, but light that goes where it isn’t intended, or light that’s on when it shouldn’t be on, light that’s where it shouldn’t be, that’s pollution,” said Day.Most of the LED streetlights throw light everywhere. But one has a shield installed so it still illuminates the street but doesn’t blast the house next to it. And of course, there are the glaring spotlights outside the fire station.
Jolley is a self-described “naked-eye astronomer” who leads star-gazing tours for locals. He believes mankind lost its bearings when it lost the stars and now imagines that IT is the center of the universe.
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