If human history began 12 hours ago, we have been illuminating our nights for 6 minutes…
One in three
people cannot see the Milky Way where they live.
[Dark Sky International]
80%
of humans live under light polluted skies.
In the U.S. & Europe, that number is 99%
[2016 World Atlas of Artificial Night Sky Brightness]
Once a universal experience, a true night sky is now a memory most will never have.
The stars are still there, we’ve just hidden them from ourselves.
“I see skies of blue
And clouds of white
The bright blessed day
The dark sacred night
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world”
— What a Wonderful world, Louis Armstrong
