By: Weylin Ryan The Light Revolution We Didn’t Ask For Humans have always found ways to illuminate the darkness, but something fundamental shifted with electricity’s arrival. Artificial lighting now increases by up to 20% annually in some regions, creating a new form of pollution we’re only beginning to understand. This isn’t just about missing stars; […]
By Bob Falcone “Welcome to Colorful Colorado,” greets everyone who enters the state on any of the major highways. The state’s colors inspired Katherine Lee Bates to write “America the Beautiful” after seeing the purple mountains majesty and amber waves of grain from the summit of Pikes Peak. Colorado is indeed colorful, and likely much […]
Bonding under a starry sky in an age of anxiety, hyperpartisanship, and the attention economy If you’re debating whether to spend two months’ salary to go on a guided Ayahuasca retreat in Costa Rica, try just spending a couple of evenings stargazing at a Dark Sky site first. The second annual Lake City Star Fest […]
Revitalize your soul with this guide to watching the night sky sparkle By John Garvey Until very recently, children in all but the largest cities could see the Milky Way from their backyards on clear summer evenings. I know this because I was one of them (children, not cities). In many parts of the U.S., […]
by John Garvey, DarkSky Colorado President, [email protected] My kids and I sometimes play a game where we jump on the trampoline and see who can go the longest without smiling. Nobody can last very long. It was inspired by the song “Trampoline,” by Forest Sun, which goes like this: “It’s impossible not to smile when you’re […]
By Deborah Huth Price Reprinted from the April issue of the Lyons Redstone Review Spring bird migration is in full swing, and while you may see some flocks of birds flying overhead on their journeys, most of these travelers fly unseen after dark. It may seem counterintuitive that songbirds migrate without the light of day, […]
