DarkSky News
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Harvard Magazine: We’re Thinking About Darkness All Wrong
A recent Harvard Magazine feature makes a case familiar to anyone who treasures our Olympic Peninsula and Salish Sea night skies: darkness isn’t a problem to be solved, it’s a…
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Great Conversation on Reconnecting with the Night Sky
From WNYC’s Science Friday radio show and podcast: What happens when the skies are no longer dark at night? Writer Craig Childs biked from the brightest night sky, to the…
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Just One
“It only takes just one person to make a change” is a message people share all of the time. When we are up against what seems to be a David…
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Port Angeles Proclamation Recognizes Dark Sky Week
It’s official, International Dark Sky Week has begun! We are over the moon (and stars!) to kick off this week of celebration. A huge THANK YOU to the City Council…
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Your Garden’s Best Feature After Dark? Darkness Itself.
Most of us picture a well-designed garden as one that glows softly into the night — pathway lights, uplighting on trees, a warm porch glow. According to a National Association…
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The Night Sky Is Under Threat and We Don’t Have Much Time to Act
DarkSky International has issued an urgent call to action about two satellite proposals currently under review by the FCC that could fundamentally and irreversibly alter the night sky. The window…
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Our First Community Meeting
Thank you to everyone that attended our first Community Meeting this past Wednesday! It was fun to meet everyone and hear your story on what connects you to natural dark…
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Giant Space Mirrors? We’re Not Exactly Cheering
A new Smithsonian Magazine story highlights a startup with a sci-fi plan: launching giant mirrors into orbit to bounce sunlight back to Earth after dark. The idea promises cleaner illumination,…
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Bird-Safe Lighting is also Dark Sky Lighting
We’re big fans of the Bird Collision Prevention Alliance. They bring together conservation groups, scientists, architects, and community members to tackle a heartbreaking and preventable problem: birds dying after colliding…
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A Letter to Clallam County
We are the leadership team of DarkSky Olympic Peninsula, a newly formed local chapter of DarkSky International. We represent dark sky supporters and advocates for dark night skies here on…
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