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“The Milky Way is hidden from more than one-third of humanity, including 60% of Europeans and nearly 80% of North Americans.”
— Fabio Falchi et al. "The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness"

Image by Michel Lincoln
Image by Ronald C. Yochum Jr.

“...as light pollution spreads, we are slowly losing one of the oldest and most universal links of all of human history.”
— Peter Lipscomb, Astronomer

Image by Michel Lincoln
Image by Mike Lincoln

“Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder where you are.
Looking up is no solution;
The sky’s so full of light pollution.”
— Canadian Amateur Astronomer David H. Levy

Image by Fred Klein
Image by Commander Chris Hatfield

“The Milky Way is hidden from more than one-third of humanity, including 60% of Europeans and nearly 80% of North Americans.”
— Fabio Falchi et al. "The new world atlas of artificial night sky brightness"

Image by Michel Lincoln
Image by Ronald C. Yochum Jr.

“...as light pollution spreads, we are slowly losing one of the oldest and most universal links of all of human history.”
— Peter Lipscomb, Astronomer

Image by Michel Lincoln
Image by Mike Lincoln

“Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder where you are.
Looking up is no solution;
The sky’s so full of light pollution.”
— Canadian Amateur Astronomer David H. Levy

Image by Fred Klein
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Testimonials

Testimonials

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“I still remember my first trip to a suburb, I asked my parents: ‘What are those bright dots in the sky?’”

— Peiqi Liu

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“We live in a beautiful universe. Please don't spoil it by contributing to light pollution.”

— Prabh Simran Singh Baweja

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Courtesy of The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio. Americanjewisharchives.org. This is the only known image of Einstein with a variant of his famous equation, E = mc2

“Watch the stars, and from them learn.”

— Albert Einstein

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“One reason I like being a dark sky advocate is because there's never any pushback. No one has ever said to me, ‘But I like my light pollution!’”

— Diane Turnshek

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High-glare and unshielded lighting atop Mt. Washington, Pittsburgh.
Image Credit: Stephen Quick

“We are unaware of the harm we inadvertently create.”

— Stephen Quick

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“Light pollution must be looked at by all, not just by us physicists. It is a problem that can only be tackled with collaboration. Everyone needs to be a part of this.”

— Sarah Kurelowech

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“I still remember my first trip to a suburb, I asked my parents: ‘What are those bright dots in the sky?’”

— Peiqi Liu

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“We live in a beautiful universe. Please don't spoil it by contributing to light pollution.”

— Prabh Simran Singh Baweja

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Courtesy of The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio. Americanjewisharchives.org. This is the only known image of Einstein with a variant of his famous equation, E = mc2

“Watch the stars, and from them learn.”

— Albert Einstein

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“One reason I like being a dark sky advocate is because there's never any pushback. No one has ever said to me, ‘But I like my light pollution!’”

— Diane Turnshek

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High-glare and unshielded lighting atop Mt. Washington, Pittsburgh.
Image Credit: Stephen Quick

“We are unaware of the harm we inadvertently create.”

— Stephen Quick

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“Light pollution must be looked at by all, not just by us physicists. It is a problem that can only be tackled with collaboration. Everyone needs to be a part of this.”

— Sarah Kurelowech

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