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Showing Original Post only (View all)What cities would look like without light pollution [View all]
Have you ever wondered what the night sky might look like with all the city and street lights turned off? Thierry Cohen from Paris did, and through his imagination and exploration, created a digital project called Darkened Cities.
http://thierrycohen.com/pages/work/starlights.html#
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http://www.visualnews.com/2012/12/26/darkened-cities/
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As an amateur Astronomer, I've been saddened by the amount of light pollution ....
BlueJazz
Dec 2012
#6
I've been far out in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic in the middle of the night on couldless
Incitatus
Dec 2012
#13
I guess people enjoy not being able to see their way walking down the street at night
AZ Progressive
Dec 2012
#28
It's so dark out here you walk into shit without a flashlight & the sky looks just like that.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Dec 2012
#16
Something approaching that is possible and I don't know why it isn't being done
Vox Moi
Dec 2012
#17
It's what rural denizens who are often vilified by those with urban privelege enjoy nightly
TransitJohn
Dec 2012
#25
It doesn't really look like that, I've driven around the country and I know that
AZ Progressive
Dec 2012
#27