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The dark-sky movement is a campaign to reduce light pollution.The advantages of reducing light pollution include an increased number of stars visible at night, reducing the effects of electric lighting on the environment, improving the well-being, [1] health [2] and safety [3] of people and wildlife, [4] and cutting down on energy usage.
Dark infrastructure refers to interconnected networks of natural, semi-natural and urbanized spaces, characterized by low levels of artificial light at night (ALAN), that create ecological continuities in order to provide benefits such as ecological restoration, wildlife conservation, and human health. Dark infrastructure aims to recognize the ...
The Gabriela Mistral Dark Sky Sanctuary in the Elqui Valley of Chile was designated as the world's first International Dark Sky Sanctuary in 2015. [6] A dark-sky preserve, or dark-sky reserve, should be sufficiently dark to promote astronomy. The lighting protocol for a dark-sky preserve is based on the sensitivity of wildlife to artificial ...
DarkSky International, formerly the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA), [1] is a United States–based non-profit organization incorporated in 1988 by founders David Crawford, a professional astronomer, and Tim Hunter, a physician and amateur astronomer.
International Dark Sky Week (formerly the National Dark Sky Week) is held during the week of the new moon in April, [1] [2] when people worldwide may turn off their lights to observe the beauty of the night sky without light pollution. This event was founded in 2003 by high school student Jennifer Barlow of Midlothian, Virginia. [3]
The Kawarau Gibbston Dark Sky Park is a dark-sky preserve located between Cromwell and Queenstown in the Queenstown-Lakes District in the South Island of New Zealand. It covers an area of 25 km 2 (9.7 sq mi) along a section of the Kawarau River , and is centred on the small community of Gibbston .
Philip's, in association with the BAA Campaign for Dark Skies, Dark Skies Map, Philip's, 2004. (ISBN 0-540-08612-6) Tabb, Michael, "Where are the UK's darkest skies", Astronomy Now, November 2004. pp75–6 (Article on the production of the Philip's Dark Skies Map.) Various authors, "Focus - Light Pollution", Astronomy Now, April 2001. pp49–59
Starting in 2003, ' The Most Beloved Vietnam Television Dramas' Voting Contest (Vietnamese: Cuộc thi bình chọn phim truyền hình Việt Nam được yêu thích nhất) is held annually or biennially by VTV Television Magazine to honor Vietnamese television dramas broadcast during the year(s) on two channels VTV1-VTV3.