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Topic: light pollution

A small town glows beneath a starry sky. (harpazo_hope / Getty Images)

Creatures of the night, unite

Carlyn Zwarenstein
The vantage point of the foothills of the Chilean Andes provides some of the best views of the night sky in the world, especially from Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab. Earth is oriented in such a way that most of the Milky Way can be seen on a clear night from the southern hemisphere, where CTIO is located. (CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T. Slovinský)

Protecting darkness in Atacama desert

Alexa Robles-Gil - Undark
Firefly (Getty Images/Jeremy_Hogan)

Can we save fireflies from extinction?

Pamela Appea
The view from Kowloon Peak shows apartment buildings and office blocks lights at night on November 3, 2016 in Hong Kong. (Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images)

Why won't we fix light pollution?

Matthew Rozsa
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Silhouette of a man looking at the Milky Way Stars shining above (Getty Images)

Chris Impey, Connie Walker
People On Illuminated City At Night, New Orleans, USA (Getty Images / Kevin Ocampo / EyeEm)

Light pollution lengthens pollen season

Yuyu Zhou - The Conversation
A Person covering their ears with a pillow, who cannot sleep due to noise (Getty Images/choi dongsu)

Why gadgets scramble your sleep

Matthew Rozsa
(STR/AFP Photo/China OUT/Getty Images)

Fireflies: on the road to extinction

Anthony Warmack - Massive Science
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(NASA's Earth Observatory/Jesse Allen)

Lindsay Abrams
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We're ruining the sky!

Lindsay Abrams
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