Jan 2024: Walking in a Freakily Large Planetarium.

Light Pollution News

Host Bill McGeeney is joined by AstroBackyard's Ashley Northcotte, lighting designer and founder of Dark Source, Kerem Asfuroglu, and educator and advocate, Diane Turnshek.
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Bill's Picks:

• God’s Promises Are Clearest When We Turn Out the Lights, Cort Gatliff, Christianity Today.
• Stays in Vegas: London mayor rejects plan for Stratford Sphere venue, Robert Booth, The Guardian.
• Heber Valley Utah Temple approved. See why the church agreed to dim the lighting, Tad Walch, Dessert News.
• Trains, stargazing put Ely on the map. Critics fear clean energy project could undo that., Wyaat Myskow, The Nevada Independent.
• Energy efficiency indicators in road lighting: critical evaluation in a case study, Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences Technical Sciences.
• Shining a light on duckweed: exploring the effects of artificial light at night (ALAN) on growth and pigmentation, Plant Biology.
• Giant lasers to light up San Francisco for APEC, Amy Larson, KRON 4.
• Why can’t I wish upon a star in Boston?, Meg Richards, Berkeley Beacon.

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Light Pollution, once thought to be solely detrimental to astronomers, has proven to be an impactful issue across many disciplines of society including ecology, crime, technology, health, and much more!
Each month, Bill McGeeney, is joined by upwards of three guests to walk through the news around this broad topic of light pollution.

Chapter

1. Jan 2024: Walking in a Freakily Large Planetarium. (00:00:00)

2. Light Pollution's Impact on Art+Spirituality (00:15:56)

3. Maximizing Street Lighting Efficiency (00:37:33)

4. Light Art and a Lack of Imagination (01:17:17)

5. Lost in Light (01:30:18)

6. Ecology and Light Pollution Policy Overview (01:40:55)