Photographers Gavin Heffernan and Harun Mehmedinovic of SKYGLOW have made and released a composited video to illustrate what New York City would look like if there were no light pollution blocking out the night sky.
The 3-minute video is in honor of the upcoming Dark Sky Week. Dark Sky Week is coming up from April 15th through the 21st this year. SKYGLOW is an ongoing project that raises awareness for endangered night skies and shows the dangers of light pollution.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Kilo110 on Tuesday April 10 2018, @05:30PM (3 children)
As an east coast resident, I've never truly seen the night sky until I camped out 12k ft on a mountain far from any lights or pollution. Seeing the Milky Way left me awestruck. I still can't describe it well.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 10 2018, @07:27PM (1 child)
Story is, when the Northridge earthquake hit California, people called emergency services asking if the strange light in the sky was the cause of the earthquake. With the power out, and all the light pollution gone, they were seeing the Milky Way for the first time, and did not know what it was. True story! Real (old) news!
(Score: 2) by frojack on Tuesday April 10 2018, @11:28PM
Actually they were seeing lights caused by the earthquake. Read NEW news. The old news if full of witchcraft and nonsense.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_light [wikipedia.org]
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/01/140106-earthquake-lights-earthquake-prediction-geology-science/ [nationalgeographic.com]
https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2017/09/08/8-2-earthquake-strikes-mexico-produces-mysterious-bright-flashes-light/#271260e63868 [forbes.com]
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 10 2018, @07:51PM
I've seen the Milky Way in the night sky once on a camping trip in High School. I agree it was amazing, to the point I didn't know what I was seeing until I finally realized what it was. I haven't seen it since due to where I've lived and the amount of light at night. I've got to make a point to see it again at some point.