How Light Pollution Impacts the Night Sky

“Where are the Stars?"

Have you ever wondered how light pollution really impacts what you see in the night sky? Well here's a great 3:29 minute movie titled "Where are the Stars?" that clearly (and beautifully) shows the way ground lights obliterate the stars in the night sky. The film shows how the view of the stars gets progressively better as the light pollution reduces - at every level of light pollution (from Los Angeles to the Great Basin desert).

Marveling at the night sky is one of our favorite activities when we are out camping. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson said: “When you look at the night sky, you realize how small we are within the cosmos,” “It’s kind of resetting of your ego. To deny yourself that state of mind, either willingly or unwittingly, is to not live to the full extent of what it is to be human.”

Where are the Stars? from Asif Islam on Vimeo.