the fact that if we didn't pollute the sky we could see the milky way from every part of the world at night instead of just the desert is heartbreaking
@@hmuphilly9129 i constantly think about that, i definately plan on going to see it one day but knowing i couldve seen it every night for free makes me sad
In the beginning of the documentary you think that the talking about seeing stars is just a hopeless romantic thing so people can "enjoy the stars" but as I kept watching how it's hurting the ecology and other animals it was heartbreakibg .. especially the birds 💔💔💔 May we always have dark skies illuminated with stars above our heads 🙏
Unfortunately, " Romantacizing " and " Nostalgia " are 2 of the easiest ways to dismiss what's happening in the present. It is said that hindsight is 20/20 🔭...
Ohh wow ...just wow ...no matter how much troubled ur in ur life right now ...just gazing at these stars gives u a sense of belief and stength to go out and fight it out and do the best possible . These stars just give u a sense of hope and how amazing life is . Wow
Exactly... Just looking out at this vast universe makes us realise more about the value of life and be more humble with others and our precious planet..
Thank you for this great documentary :”) I live in Singapore, the most light-polluted city in the world, but I’m also an avid stargazer. I first noticed that stars existed when I looked up at the pre-dawn sky from my school bus window many years ago, and saw a few blurry dots of light in the sky that didn’t zoom past like airplanes. On good, clear days I can count almost 20+ stars in the night sky, but most of the time I can really only see maybe 5-10 of them. From where I live, I always have to raise my hand to block out artificial city light from my vision while looking up at the night sky. How I wish that we can all enjoy dark skies and see the Milky Way! 💛
wow, that looks so bad when i see pictures! however based on light pollution map like this one djlorenz.github.io/astronomy/lp2016/overlay/dark.html, it seems that good skies are only about an hour and a half away in malaysia, but i do not know how accessible that is. happy stargazing!
its very sad that you don't ever get to see the majority of stars ...there are not many places here in the US that give us a clear view of the Heavens either :(
The fact this video only has 130k views after 4 years proves this problem isn't mainstream or known enough. this video needs to be shared more and seen by more people..
I live in a part of France that has reasonably dark skies. When I show people some of the timelapse videos I've done, I get asked if they are fake because of the number of stars. And it's also true, in places with zero to low light pollution, you cast a shadow from the Milky Way. It takes 15-20 mins to get used to the dark. After an hour you get to see shadows. It's actually a little disturbing at first but quick to get used to.
1:54 I had a moment like this when I went to Northern Michigan for my birthday in the middle of January. I was walking in the woods in the snow with my dad because we were going to climb a hill that is normaly covered in brush during the summer. We weren't useing any flashlights because the moon was so bright, and I had a moment were my eyes just strayed up to the sky as we were walking and I was struck by how amazingly beautiful it was, I had been in the area before and seen the stars but never in the winter when it got darker earlier. It was an incredible moment, just standing in the woods with snow on the ground on a cool night, and just falling in love with that night sky. I will remember that moment for the rest of my life. This video reminded me of that.
Cherish My dad died when I was thirteen Your comment and remembering how he seemed most at home in nature made me think of the one card given to me only at the time. On a star filled night sky it read: Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there I do not sleep I am a thousand glints on snow I am with you, where ever you go... I like to think like the stars... having our backs, someone smiles from the heavens and says: It's wonderful to see you again 🕊️
@@petemavus2948 My dad is one of my best friends. He talks to me sometimes about how he feel he isn't doing a good job as a father but I think he's perfect. So many of my classmates over the years have had parents that were divorsed and never there for them or were completely useless people. Any time I think about how many children don't get to grow up with a good loveing father I realize how lucky I really am.
@@guesswhatthisisnotmyrealna9510 Thank you once again, your simplicity and earnest attempts at learning and understanding life, people relationships, the earth etc. touch me to the core. You seem to be a nurturing younger person and I wish you all the best life has to offer, GBU 🕊️
I'm in Southern AZ and can see the Milky Way most nights (unless the moon is so bright that you can practically read by it). Thank goodness for almost no light pollution.
@@krissifadwa I'm in Alberta -- it's the same on my parents acreage here too. I remember when they first got the acreage, we went out into the fields one night and like just stared up at the stars for over an hour -- keep in mind we had just moved from a city. It was beyond amazing--there was something spiritual seeing that amazingly sharp and vivid light of various astronomical phenomena.
When you see the stars without light pollution you connect with the very soul of the universe. I can't describe it any other way and I'm an atheist, but seeing this amzaing tapestry of the cosmos so vividly is such a spiritual experience
Thank you for putting this documentary together, sir (and thanks to the International Dark-Sky Association, as well). It touched upon basically all of the key points as to why light pollution is such a problem, and the scourge certainly lit a fire under me, a few years ago. This is what most people don't realize - that it's not just about "seeing dark skies"....that the consequences of light out of place have far-reaching effects for the entire ecosystem. I for one will not rest until the IDA's mission is either complete, or it becomes clear that their objective will end in victory. I believe that we CAN have the lights on, so that everybody can win, and yet save our planet from this curse that we have created. I will turn my rage into activism, my anger into love, and positivity. We need to educate the populace on how easy it is to fix the problem, and how little the alternative will affect our way of life, but the benefits will be outstanding. Change must come to this world.....or, inevitably, change will come.....but one that we will never recover from. There's still time to set things right.
Phenomenal post/comment, you're a cool banana, THANKS TO YOU, this video and everyone involved in creating it, RUclips, and all the beautiful people who told their stories, experiences and dismay with the situation in these comments ( not to mention the sheer eloquence and poetry )... I just signed up to be a member and hopefully like all things in their highest alignment for all's highest good: WE CAN MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE Or at least heal and restore while we are here and have an opportunity. Blessings to All, Stay well, SO BE IT 🕊️ AMEN
I am fortunate enough to live in corner of the globe with clear night sky without much artificial light pollution. But after watching this, I have started turning off my balcony lighting at night 😂. My neighbour is safe anyway. Unnecessary lighting is unnecessary wastage of energy which was produced by polluting our environment directly or indirectly..I love this video
Yes but it helps consumerism, medical industry, power companies ( of all types LOL ) etc. propagate nothing but an expensive, inflated myth that you can't stop progress.
If you go and just take a weekend to drive for like 4 hours away from the city, the view is really worth it. Trust me the pictures just do not do it justice.
I read about a small town amateur astronomer who used to host popular star parties at the end of his little street. Thus, the town council decided his astronomy spot required a high-intensity, unshielded streetlight. You just know what the busybody thinking was with that. "Be normal. Go inside at night."
Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada signed a legal pledge to its citizens and province that it would preserve its pristine nighttime skies. Then Burger King and other franchises made noise about anti-advertising and the lighted highway signs and parking lots were present in an instant.
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@@RideAcrossTheRiver tear them down. Do what uncle Ted would do
Yes. I literally have a pic of an owl in my eye. I guess I should say, the way the light is reflecting it looks like an owl in my eye. The owl is my spirit animal. I asked and it was shown in that pic
The 12th of April 2020: Now the Sky's are clear, and I can see the Milky Way once more. Less light reflection of the Water content that was building up in our atmosphere.
I read your first comment before watching and it was on my mind the whole time I was watching .. it is a sad thing what's happening in the world today with the pandemic but maybe this is one of the blessings in disguise that are ment to be .. may we always be wise enough to take care of our lovely earth 🙏🌏🌎🌍
My grandpa moved to Pennsylvania 30 years ago. I used to go with him on the weekends and i would be in near tears because rhebsky was so amazinginly full of stars, something in new jersey i could not see. Now i cannot see the amazing stars anymore in Pennsylvania. It makes me sad.
This comment may be the stars in his eyes for now, when all is said and done... as well as yours. 🕊️ In memoriam to all the loved ones I've ever lost thus far, I just joined IDA ( International Dark-Sky Association ) for a modest fee to help the cause. Join me / US if you can,? Your words too inspired me to share, my reply and all the best! Sincerely 🌉 P.
You will You reminded me of a movie I saw and loved : " On a Midnight Clear " Every scene a painting and study on the human condition IMO Beat Wishes, Stay Well 🕊️
I'm nocturnal and surrounded by suburban neighbors who have porch lights burning from sundown till mid morning, I've been a fan of motion detector lights for 40 years, I'm tired of it and when I went to talk to one neighbor she ignored me, I thought well that's a neighbor and I could escalate or I could think about it.. I got reflective dishes in my yard on windmills that make the night sparkle so I'm learning to enjoy that but sure would like the dark back again like it used to be, I spoke to local city authorities and found that there are actually light pollution regulations and that they can come out and ask the owner of the property to turn down their lighting or aim it elsewhere, I'm going to potentially be writing an article about it for local community news, when I was a kid in the 70s every room was decorated with a turn off the light if you're leaving the room sign, odd how things have become
That karen is probably going to fight whoever tells her to turn off their light. Im a kid in the 90s, and I remember street lights not being bright as hell.
This is great, Sriram. Would you be so kind as to enable subtitle translation? I am a professional English-Thai translator and dark-sky advocate who founded Dark-Sky Thailand Facebook page. Thanks
i must suggest to all. go to the bottom of the grand canyon. stay at or near the phantom ranch site...for a few days. look up at the canyon walls during the night as the milky way travels over your head and the walls light up like it was daytime. it seems like someone took a can of white spray paint to the sky... of course during a new or crescent moon. incredible!
A great little film and it's terrible how the lighting industry and their friends in the power industry have been allowed to steal so much.as a start architectural lighting to show off buildings and other structures like the bridge in the film should be banned as people have loads of daylight hours to look at church towers,statues and other assorted stonemasonry.
Everyone in surburbia complains about taxes yet the streets are lit up like malls 24/7 and even the playing fields, stores and homes/properties. Children having children and all afraid of the dark? Lights, cameras, action?
Sea turtle friendly lighting seems to have the same spectrum as low-pressure sodium, we should have kept these light sources as they’re as efficient as LED, and the lamps are replaceable and recyclable... unlike LEDs which end up as e-waste. Also the narrow spectrum can be completely filtered out by observatories.
A great documentary! I knew a lot of it already because I have been reading about light pollution for several years now, but still learned something new 😊 The only critisism I have: Personally, I found the background music a little too loud, it was a little hard to understand what was said sometimes.
I was fortunate enough to be raised in rural Virgina, so I got to see a pretty great night sky growing up. Yet even here, the lights of the city in the distance disturb my view. I don't even bother looking for night sky objects in the east, I spend most of my time looking south, west, or straight up. May the skies of the past return as swiftly as possible!
"Think about what you're doing". This is our problem. We're to busy trying to go as quickly as possible without taking the time to sit back and think about what we're doing.
People don't realize how all these incideous forms of pollution are like social diseases slowly inhabiting every facet of life. Anxiety, depression, circadian rhythms affecting sleep ( even todays phones and computers ) as well as a HOST of other maladies. DIS EASEs are rampant as we look for the conveniences of a simpler life. The toll of Industry, " The Industrial Age " as well as the now " Technological Age " and their over 200 year reign supercedes natures ability to heal itself naturally, manifesting itself in drastic climate/ environmental changes, flooding, fires, air quality and disturbances etc.
Latest breaking news: The mainstream ( scary in and of itself ) news ( cheapest available to most all ) states: That after a 7 year. Documented/ Empirical Study by respected sources : Air pollution so bad that it is founded to be responsible for health conditions directly attributed to among many things, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY and more... Go Figure Don't mean to be a 💊 , but I thought 💭 I might share. Love all mankind, my planet, the universe, God Bless All... Good 🌉 Night !
I love the idea that light pollution stops crime. It's true, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a 5000K glare bomb LED is a good guy with a 5000K glare bomb LED.
Funny thing is I live in Tucson, AZ! Originally from PHX, & I've been to Flagstaff & Sedona so I know how dark it is out there @ night & it's beautiful. Great documentary! It was very educational & informative. Thank you very much!
im lucky to live far enough away from my city to see the milky way faintly during the summer, however, the light pollution takes up like 30% of the east
I currently work in Facilities Management and hope to work in Public Administration. Wise public lighting is a great challenge I hope to positively contribute to tackling.
You can also get info for your objectives and help the cause from/with IDA ( International Dark-Sky Association ) starting with a modest membership. I just did, thanks to all here in good faith.Stay Well All !
we humans are smart enough to figure out how we're impacting the rest of the planet and other forms of wildlife... that is true but sadly, most of the time, us humans tend to ignore that.
As an avid amateur astronomer, I have to say that the complaints about starlink are overblown bullshit and just get repeated by people who either have something against Musk, or who have no idea what they're talking about. As an example, over the weekend, I took about 4 hours of photos of the milky way. I captured less than 4 satellites in that time, which were erased with zero effort by the free stacking program I use. In the same amount of time, there were literally dozens of airplanes, some of which had to be manually removed because they don't disappear after a few seconds like satellites. They are fully illuminated the entire path across my shot. The satellites don't block anything due to their tiny size, so that's a false argument. They are easily recognizable as satellites, so being confused by them is only a folly of an absolute novice. They dissappear quickly, so nowhere near as bad as airplanes. They are very easily removed from frames, unlike planes. They are being coated now with paint that will make them invisible to all but the most sensitive instruments, so that's a non argument. I could go on and on. The consequences are non-existent compared to the enormous benefits and anybody disputing that is simply doing it out of ignorance or malice. There is literally no valid, honest, and informed argument that they pose any considerable issues. Any argument against them necessarily has to be even more strongly applied to airplanes, yet nobody is doing that because it's obviously ridiculous.
Also, the commercialization of space is what will eventually bring us a plethora of newer, better and more timely scientific instruments to understand our universe better. 20+ years of waiting for instruments like JWST will be a thing of the past soon, as private industry will be able to produce better instruments at a faster rate, for a fraction of the cost, and do so with several backups. Mark my words, in the next 20 years, just as has happened with rockets, you will see private industry producing far better instruments (like space telescopes) in larger numbers and for much lower costs. It will be a new revolution in scientific discovery. And it will be much more accessible to the average person. When there are hundreds, even thousands, of Hubble/JWST type telescopes in the sky, the average person will be able to book hours of use on them from their living room and investigate whatever their hearts desire. These things are coming. The cynicism does nothing but slow that process. Be amazed and excited by the possibilities this opens up instead of looking for issues to complain about that are either miniscule compared to the benefits, or will quickly be solved.
YES lovely dark beaches...you can see..you don't need lights..lights blind you and if you don't use LED you can use low watt light bulbs like years ago... yellow mellow I fond LED too bright and white
Honestly I feel like I’ve missed out on a lot of nights of possibly looking up at the night sky, and it’s crazy to me so many experiences and talks with pals never to be, wow I’m baked.
yep, make a tour with ur daughter into a dark area and show her a bortle 1-3 nightsky^^ find the area out here: www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=6.81&lat=50.5771&lon=10.3751&layers=B0FFFFFFTFFFFFFFFFF
NYMOMMY110 or have you tried bringing her to the planetarium, I'm not sure what it costs these days as the museums and places of higher learning ( no sky pun lol ) have skyrocketed ( oh geeze another ). I know it's not the real thing but it may help. I send love and wish you both ALL the best!
This is very insightful. I'm doing research for our light pollution video project and I learned a lot from this. Do you mind if we use a few clips from it (mix with other b-roll)? We'll credit you. Hope so 😊
Damn i remember America start all this night light trend during 80s in their movies then hong kong followed too and i thought it was cool then my country a developed country too become light polluted now as an adult i realise no stars in my country skies,we need this darkness night should feel like night so we will calm with darkness less stress,damn video show LV With all that artificial light almost 100 % lighted,darkness at night can make us happier less stress
I'm a total nerd for this stuff. The milky way and stars remind me of God. I hope when I die, I can make it to Heaven and God will let me travel through space.
I have been closely observing the night sky from 1965 till Aug 2021 from a dedicated spot at the same time for 3 to 4 hours average & snapped every frame …..day by day all dazzling sky stars & constellations are being fading away & dissolving in the strong light of lights. In addition entire area trees vanished, apartments & their lighting, street lighting eating the sky directly. No solution
When I was a kid the night sky was black with Stars always able to find the Big dipper and little dipprer now the sky is purple and My kids have never seen stars
Excellent documentary! Thank you for sharing this! Is it possible to provide this documentary with subtitles in Dutch? Greetings from Belgium. Clear Skies!
I have wood blinds and I got blackout curtains, not too expensive, It is dark in bedroom if I want even during the day. Cheap lighting is good news, maybe some more colour lighting in parks instead of always bright light could be interesting. I think we can make it through this crisis, You could move to the country side for dark nights
And you move from the city to where we've lived our entire lives, perhaps even multiple generations. And you build your monument to wealth Looking down upon us simple folk Realize You Are part of OUR destain
I live in an area on the world that has the most light pollution anywhere. It's the netherlands. On a map of the night you cannot even see the country because it's one big light. Really fucked. I hate it so much. Never have seen the Milky Way like I want to.
3000K has way too much blue, and should not be used. Exceptional 2200K LED streetlighting exists with exceptional color rendition, efficacy and efficiency. LED technology advances quickly. Use technology from manufacturers who actually care about the environment. Don't let your municipality purchase sliding from manufacturers who are trying to get rid of their old crap.
Look up Bortle Scale map. You will be able to see how far light pollution goes out. I usually go out about an hour an a half to get away from light pollution to capture some Milky Way shots to about a Bortle 2 or 3. The lower the number the darker it gets.
is this the official video or you took it from somewhere brother if yes then from where did you take it from please leave a link in the reply or just simply tell!!
I've yet to see the Milky Way, having grown up in Central Florida. I actually thought photos of the milky way visible in the sky were all photoshopped until I was about 20. I am dying to visit a patch of total darkness during a clear new moon.
Seeing the stars, observing the cosmos isn't just a fun & pretty pastime.
It's a vital part of the human experience.
the fact that if we didn't pollute the sky we could see the milky way from every part of the world at night instead of just the desert is heartbreaking
Yeah agreed, one shouldnt have to go to a desert or the middle of the ocean to just see that.
@@hmuphilly9129 i constantly think about that, i definately plan on going to see it one day but knowing i couldve seen it every night for free makes me sad
I absolutely agree
Oh I absolutely agree
In the beginning of the documentary you think that the talking about seeing stars is just a hopeless romantic thing so people can "enjoy the stars" but as I kept watching how it's hurting the ecology and other animals it was heartbreakibg .. especially the birds 💔💔💔
May we always have dark skies illuminated with stars above our heads 🙏
Seeing the milky way at night on a clear sky is like a meditation at higher level. Please try it once by traveling to a good location like ladakh.
Unfortunately,
" Romantacizing "
and " Nostalgia " are 2 of the easiest ways to dismiss what's happening in the present. It is said that hindsight is 20/20 🔭...
Ohh wow ...just wow ...no matter how much troubled ur in ur life right now ...just gazing at these stars gives u a sense of belief and stength to go out and fight it out and do the best possible . These stars just give u a sense of hope and how amazing life is . Wow
Exactly... Just looking out at this vast universe makes us realise more about the value of life and be more humble with others and our precious planet..
Amen to that friend!
Thank you for this great documentary :”) I live in Singapore, the most light-polluted city in the world, but I’m also an avid stargazer. I first noticed that stars existed when I looked up at the pre-dawn sky from my school bus window many years ago, and saw a few blurry dots of light in the sky that didn’t zoom past like airplanes. On good, clear days I can count almost 20+ stars in the night sky, but most of the time I can really only see maybe 5-10 of them. From where I live, I always have to raise my hand to block out artificial city light from my vision while looking up at the night sky. How I wish that we can all enjoy dark skies and see the Milky Way! 💛
wow, that looks so bad when i see pictures! however based on light pollution map like this one djlorenz.github.io/astronomy/lp2016/overlay/dark.html, it seems that good skies are only about an hour and a half away in malaysia, but i do not know how accessible that is.
happy stargazing!
I can certainly relate. I actually moved to Singapore two years ago. I miss the starry night skies.
its very sad that you don't ever get to see the majority of stars ...there are not many places here in the US that give us a clear view of the Heavens either :(
A black so deep you could drink in the stars...
" Come back my truant love...and stain me with the intensity of black" Robert Graves
You should join an organization such as International Dark Sky Association, which works to correct this problem.
The fact this video only has 130k views after 4 years proves this problem isn't mainstream or known enough. this video needs to be shared more and seen by more people..
our world would be a better place with darker skies. I strongly believe it would make many people more peaceful.
I live in a part of France that has reasonably dark skies. When I show people some of the timelapse videos I've done, I get asked if they are fake because of the number of stars.
And it's also true, in places with zero to low light pollution, you cast a shadow from the Milky Way. It takes 15-20 mins to get used to the dark. After an hour you get to see shadows. It's actually a little disturbing at first but quick to get used to.
Not everyone or everything can adapt so quickly though, consequence?
@@petemavus2948 ok
@@petemavus2948 Complete annihilation.
1:54 I had a moment like this when I went to Northern Michigan for my birthday in the middle of January. I was walking in the woods in the snow with my dad because we were going to climb a hill that is normaly covered in brush during the summer. We weren't useing any flashlights because the moon was so bright, and I had a moment were my eyes just strayed up to the sky as we were walking and I was struck by how amazingly beautiful it was, I had been in the area before and seen the stars but never in the winter when it got darker earlier. It was an incredible moment, just standing in the woods with snow on the ground on a cool night, and just falling in love with that night sky. I will remember that moment for the rest of my life. This video reminded me of that.
Cherish
My dad died when I was thirteen
Your comment and remembering how he seemed most at home in nature made me think of the one card given to me only at the time. On a star filled night sky it read:
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there I do not sleep
I am a thousand glints on snow
I am with you, where ever you go...
I like to think like the stars... having our backs, someone smiles from the heavens and says:
It's wonderful to see you again
🕊️
@@petemavus2948 My dad is one of my best friends. He talks to me sometimes about how he feel he isn't doing a good job as a father but I think he's perfect. So many of my classmates over the years have had parents that were divorsed and never there for them or were completely useless people. Any time I think about how many children don't get to grow up with a good loveing father I realize how lucky I really am.
@@guesswhatthisisnotmyrealna9510 Thank you once again, your simplicity and earnest attempts at learning and understanding life, people relationships, the earth etc. touch me to the core. You seem to be a nurturing younger person and I wish you all the best life has to offer, GBU 🕊️
@@petemavus2948 Glad I could make you feel good! :)
I'm in Southern AZ and can see the Milky Way most nights (unless the moon is so bright that you can practically read by it). Thank goodness for almost no light pollution.
Yeah, I live in Montana and most of the West part of the country has low or almost zero light pollution. I enjoy those night skies 💕🌚✨☁️
@@krissifadwa I'm in Alberta -- it's the same on my parents acreage here too. I remember when they first got the acreage, we went out into the fields one night and like just stared up at the stars for over an hour -- keep in mind we had just moved from a city. It was beyond amazing--there was something spiritual seeing that amazingly sharp and vivid light of various astronomical phenomena.
This is a fantastic documentary! I'm using this as a source for a school project on light pollution as a source, and it's such a great resource!
EDUCATE THE CHILDREN
Yes that would greatly help our future generations become more educated and be more humble with our precious planet..
@@Peac249 As long as it's not just for the passing grade, a star ⭐ on a paper then forgotten. Out of sight...
Out of mind ?
Take a shot every time he says resource
Behold the firmament of the heavens.
When you see the stars without light pollution you connect with the very soul of the universe. I can't describe it any other way and I'm an atheist, but seeing this amzaing tapestry of the cosmos so vividly is such a spiritual experience
Thank you for putting this documentary together, sir (and thanks to the International Dark-Sky Association, as well). It touched upon basically all of the key points as to why light pollution is such a problem, and the scourge certainly lit a fire under me, a few years ago. This is what most people don't realize - that it's not just about "seeing dark skies"....that the consequences of light out of place have far-reaching effects for the entire ecosystem. I for one will not rest until the IDA's mission is either complete, or it becomes clear that their objective will end in victory. I believe that we CAN have the lights on, so that everybody can win, and yet save our planet from this curse that we have created. I will turn my rage into activism, my anger into love, and positivity. We need to educate the populace on how easy it is to fix the problem, and how little the alternative will affect our way of life, but the benefits will be outstanding. Change must come to this world.....or, inevitably, change will come.....but one that we will never recover from. There's still time to set things right.
You are a hero. We shall keep fighting!
Phenomenal post/comment, you're a cool banana, THANKS TO YOU, this video and everyone involved in creating it, RUclips, and all the beautiful people who told their stories, experiences and dismay with the situation in these comments ( not to mention the sheer eloquence and poetry )... I just signed up to be a member and hopefully like all things in their highest alignment for all's highest good:
WE CAN MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE
Or at least heal and restore while we are here and have an opportunity. Blessings to All, Stay well,
SO BE IT
🕊️
AMEN
I am fortunate enough to live in corner of the globe with clear night sky without much artificial light pollution. But after watching this, I have started turning off my balcony lighting at night 😂. My neighbour is safe anyway. Unnecessary lighting is unnecessary wastage of energy which was produced by polluting our environment directly or indirectly..I love this video
This is so true. The brightness of today’s lights produce so much glare it can be difficult to see while driving at night. Less light would be better
Yes but it helps consumerism, medical industry, power companies ( of all types LOL ) etc. propagate nothing but an expensive, inflated myth that you can't stop progress.
People are more scared of the dark than ever.
I wish New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and all the towns in the greater New Orleans area would get onboard to reduce light pollution.
Rockefeller Wildlife refuge is the best that lousiana has. It’s south east of lake charles near the coast.
If you go and just take a weekend to drive for like 4 hours away from the city, the view is really worth it. Trust me the pictures just do not do it justice.
FK Lucid didn’t realize anyone replied to my comment. Thanks for the input!
We have motion lights. I don't know why we don't use them more often
I’ll never get tired of this documentary💚 thank you for posting it
The amount of energy spent to light the night sky every day is staggering. And we all have to pay for it....while we try to sleep. Madness.
Thanks for this...fighting a street light installation next to my 15 year effort to improve bird/insect/pollinator habitat.
How'd it go, if i may ask?
I read about a small town amateur astronomer who used to host popular star parties at the end of his little street. Thus, the town council decided his astronomy spot required a high-intensity, unshielded streetlight.
You just know what the busybody thinking was with that. "Be normal. Go inside at night."
This is an amazing video yet it has so little views. Extremely underrated.
Tucson actually values it's dark skies and I'm happy to live here for that reason.
It's much more conducive to safe spaceship travel too ;)
Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada signed a legal pledge to its citizens and province that it would preserve its pristine nighttime skies. Then Burger King and other franchises made noise about anti-advertising and the lighted highway signs and parking lots were present in an instant.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver tear them down. Do what uncle Ted would do
@ Uncle Ted?
@ No, we don't follow his example just to do some amateur astronomy; which is a peaceful pursuit
I love this. I'm nocturanal and love the dark, it's so relaxing. We have to stay balanced
Balanced and Grounded
Two sides of the scales ⚖️ ( and a little inner/ third eye night vision helps )
Yes. I literally have a pic of an owl in my eye. I guess I should say, the way the light is reflecting it looks like an owl in my eye. The owl is my spirit animal. I asked and it was shown in that pic
I live in Australia and have a beautiful view of the milky way 😍😍
The 12th of April 2020:
Now the Sky's are clear, and I can see the Milky Way once more. Less light reflection of the Water content that was building up in our atmosphere.
I read your first comment before watching and it was on my mind the whole time I was watching .. it is a sad thing what's happening in the world today with the pandemic but maybe this is one of the blessings in disguise that are ment to be .. may we always be wise enough to take care of our lovely earth 🙏🌏🌎🌍
I have to thank you for this really nice Documentary! The best i think were the Children at the end :) Thanks again for sharing it :)
My grandpa moved to Pennsylvania 30 years ago. I used to go with him on the weekends and i would be in near tears because rhebsky was so amazinginly full of stars, something in new jersey i could not see. Now i cannot see the amazing stars anymore in Pennsylvania. It makes me sad.
This comment may be the stars in his eyes for now, when all is said and done... as well as yours. 🕊️
In memoriam to all the loved ones I've ever lost thus far, I just joined IDA ( International Dark-Sky Association ) for a modest fee to help the cause. Join me / US if you can,? Your words too inspired me to share, my reply and all the best! Sincerely 🌉 P.
i want to see a clear night sky, thats by far whats on top of my bucket list.
You will
You reminded me of a movie I saw and loved :
" On a Midnight Clear "
Every scene a painting and study on the human condition
IMO
Beat Wishes, Stay Well 🕊️
Amazing documentary. Kudos to the makers 🙏
This was an amazing documentary. Thank you for speaking out on something so important.
I'm nocturnal and surrounded by suburban neighbors who have porch lights burning from sundown till mid morning, I've been a fan of motion detector lights for 40 years, I'm tired of it and when I went to talk to one neighbor she ignored me, I thought well that's a neighbor and I could escalate or I could think about it..
I got reflective dishes in my yard on windmills that make the night sparkle so I'm learning to enjoy that but sure would like the dark back again like it used to be, I spoke to local city authorities and found that there are actually light pollution regulations and that they can come out and ask the owner of the property to turn down their lighting or aim it elsewhere, I'm going to potentially be writing an article about it for local community news, when I was a kid in the 70s every room was decorated with a turn off the light if you're leaving the room sign, odd how things have become
That karen is probably going to fight whoever tells her to turn off their light.
Im a kid in the 90s, and I remember street lights not being bright as hell.
This is great, Sriram. Would you be so kind as to enable subtitle translation? I am a professional English-Thai translator and dark-sky advocate who founded Dark-Sky Thailand Facebook page. Thanks
I would like to add "The City Dark" is another good documentary on this subject.
Excellent documentary, thanks!
i must suggest to all. go to the bottom of the grand canyon. stay at or near the phantom ranch site...for a few days. look up at the canyon walls during the night as the milky way travels over your head and the walls light up like it was daytime. it seems like someone took a can of white spray paint to the sky... of course during a new or crescent moon. incredible!
congratulations on the excellent documentary
Light pollution is a serious issue thats not fair i cant see stars at night cause i live in the center of a city
A great little film and it's terrible how the lighting industry and their friends in the power industry have been allowed to steal so much.as a start architectural lighting to show off buildings and other structures like the bridge in the film should be banned as people have loads of daylight hours to look at church towers,statues and other assorted stonemasonry.
Everyone in surburbia complains about taxes yet the streets are lit up like malls 24/7 and even the playing fields, stores and homes/properties. Children having children and all afraid of the dark? Lights, cameras, action?
You guys are lucky. Thanks for such beautiful documentary
I am a photographer and I’d love to do night photography and it is so hard to get away from the light pollution
I'm grateful to have been able to go to the middle of the desert to see the stars and photograph them. Book a trip now! You won't regret it.
Great Film Sriram. Loved it. Thanks for your work.
This is a quite sad reality that we face, I hope we finally realize our mistakes and fix them so we can enjoy the Milky Way.
وَهُوَ الَّذِي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ النُّجُومَ لِتَهْتَدُوا بِهَا فِي ظُلُمَاتِ الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ قَدْ فَصَّلْنَا الآيَاتِ لِقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ» (الأنعام: 97).
Sea turtle friendly lighting seems to have the same spectrum as low-pressure sodium, we should have kept these light sources as they’re as efficient as LED, and the lamps are replaceable and recyclable... unlike LEDs which end up as e-waste. Also the narrow spectrum can be completely filtered out by observatories.
A great documentary! I knew a lot of it already because I have been reading about light pollution for several years now, but still learned something new 😊
The only critisism I have: Personally, I found the background music a little too loud, it was a little hard to understand what was said sometimes.
Wonderful! Thank you!
It's not so bad where I live since I live in a small rural town, however every time I go into a city, I can never see the stars at night
Great work
Informative documentary
I was fortunate enough to be raised in rural Virgina, so I got to see a pretty great night sky growing up. Yet even here, the lights of the city in the distance disturb my view. I don't even bother looking for night sky objects in the east, I spend most of my time looking south, west, or straight up. May the skies of the past return as swiftly as possible!
It's probably only a matter of time before the sprawl of all this consumerism and it's bright lights " will be coming soon to a theatre near you " ;)
@@petemavus2948 Unfortunately you may be right. But I hope activists can make some difference
*Thank you for this!*
"Think about what you're doing". This is our problem. We're to busy trying to go as quickly as possible without taking the time to sit back and think about what we're doing.
Or just commenting?
This is a great documentary. 19:17 geek alert. 26:50 dung beetle astronomy
People don't realize how all these incideous forms of pollution are like social diseases slowly inhabiting every facet of life. Anxiety, depression, circadian rhythms affecting sleep ( even todays phones and computers ) as well as a HOST of other maladies. DIS EASEs are rampant as we look for the conveniences of a simpler life.
The toll of Industry, " The Industrial Age " as well as the now " Technological Age " and their over 200 year reign supercedes natures ability to heal itself naturally, manifesting itself in drastic climate/ environmental changes, flooding, fires, air quality and disturbances etc.
And this may just be the tip of the iceberg...
Latest breaking news:
The mainstream ( scary in and of itself ) news ( cheapest available to most all ) states:
That after a 7 year. Documented/ Empirical Study by respected sources :
Air pollution so bad that it is founded to be responsible for health conditions directly attributed to among many things, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY and more...
Go Figure
Don't mean to be a 💊 , but I thought 💭 I might share.
Love all mankind, my planet, the universe, God Bless All... Good 🌉 Night !
I love the idea that light pollution stops crime. It's true, the only thing that stops a bad guy with a 5000K glare bomb LED is a good guy with a 5000K glare bomb LED.
Funny thing is I live in Tucson, AZ! Originally from PHX, & I've been to Flagstaff & Sedona so I know how dark it is out there @ night & it's beautiful. Great documentary! It was very educational & informative. Thank you very much!
im lucky to live far enough away from my city to see the milky way faintly during the summer, however, the light pollution takes up like 30% of the east
I currently work in Facilities Management and hope to work in Public Administration. Wise public lighting is a great challenge I hope to positively contribute to tackling.
Matthew, Please!!!!! For all our sakes !!!! Thank you and best wishes 🌉
You can also get info for your objectives and help the cause from/with IDA ( International Dark-Sky Association ) starting with a modest membership. I just did, thanks to all here in good faith.Stay Well All !
The dark is so beautiful
we humans are smart enough to figure out how we're impacting the rest of the planet and other forms of wildlife... that is true but sadly, most of the time, us humans tend to ignore that.
great documentary !!
This is so tragic.. we really need to what is best for this world.
Thank you very much for this great documentary
great doc !
the commercialization of space has been probably a great mistake as seen by Elon Musk's starlight constellation
Yea, but just think, you can be in the middle of nowhere and pull out your tablet with an app to see the stars you can't see by looking up. ):
As an avid amateur astronomer, I have to say that the complaints about starlink are overblown bullshit and just get repeated by people who either have something against Musk, or who have no idea what they're talking about.
As an example, over the weekend, I took about 4 hours of photos of the milky way. I captured less than 4 satellites in that time, which were erased with zero effort by the free stacking program I use. In the same amount of time, there were literally dozens of airplanes, some of which had to be manually removed because they don't disappear after a few seconds like satellites. They are fully illuminated the entire path across my shot.
The satellites don't block anything due to their tiny size, so that's a false argument. They are easily recognizable as satellites, so being confused by them is only a folly of an absolute novice. They dissappear quickly, so nowhere near as bad as airplanes. They are very easily removed from frames, unlike planes. They are being coated now with paint that will make them invisible to all but the most sensitive instruments, so that's a non argument. I could go on and on. The consequences are non-existent compared to the enormous benefits and anybody disputing that is simply doing it out of ignorance or malice. There is literally no valid, honest, and informed argument that they pose any considerable issues. Any argument against them necessarily has to be even more strongly applied to airplanes, yet nobody is doing that because it's obviously ridiculous.
Also, the commercialization of space is what will eventually bring us a plethora of newer, better and more timely scientific instruments to understand our universe better. 20+ years of waiting for instruments like JWST will be a thing of the past soon, as private industry will be able to produce better instruments at a faster rate, for a fraction of the cost, and do so with several backups. Mark my words, in the next 20 years, just as has happened with rockets, you will see private industry producing far better instruments (like space telescopes) in larger numbers and for much lower costs. It will be a new revolution in scientific discovery. And it will be much more accessible to the average person. When there are hundreds, even thousands, of Hubble/JWST type telescopes in the sky, the average person will be able to book hours of use on them from their living room and investigate whatever their hearts desire. These things are coming. The cynicism does nothing but slow that process. Be amazed and excited by the possibilities this opens up instead of looking for issues to complain about that are either miniscule compared to the benefits, or will quickly be solved.
Soon spacesuits will be the norm on earth maybe?
We already have the universe from our couches right?
Oh and all the junk food we could possibly be able to swallow?
Excellent. Very useful
YES lovely dark beaches...you can see..you don't need lights..lights blind you and if you don't use LED you can use low watt light bulbs like years ago... yellow mellow I fond LED too bright and white
The west end of St. George Island is very dark. All lights have to be out by 8pm every night for the sea turtles.
Nice
As I sing to Sting's
" The Dream of the Blue Turtles "
This is a wonderful documentary
Beautiful documentary
It's kind of sad that In 2023 in poland are no stars 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Honestly I feel like I’ve missed out on a lot of nights of possibly looking up at the night sky, and it’s crazy to me so many experiences and talks with pals never to be, wow I’m baked.
Parisa Bajelan Wherever stars are visible, there are countless stories to tell.
I can’t see a damn thing here in NY. How can I expect my daughter to be interested in astronomy when she haven’t ever seen a star in the sky.
I live in new york, on eastern long island and I can see the milky way from my backyard. Go to the east end of long island or head out to the country.
yep, make a tour with ur daughter into a dark area and show her a bortle 1-3 nightsky^^ find the area out here: www.lightpollutionmap.info/#zoom=6.81&lat=50.5771&lon=10.3751&layers=B0FFFFFFTFFFFFFFFFF
@@FisTheDucc Niiiiiiice
NYMOMMY110 or have you tried bringing her to the planetarium, I'm not sure what it costs these days as the museums and places of higher learning ( no sky pun lol ) have skyrocketed ( oh geeze another ). I know it's not the real thing but it may help. I send love and wish you both ALL the best!
@@petemavus2948 yes I have. But it’s just not the same to see the real stars in the sky….
This is very insightful. I'm doing research for our light pollution video project and I learned a lot from this. Do you mind if we use a few clips from it (mix with other b-roll)? We'll credit you. Hope so 😊
Damn i remember America start all this night light trend during 80s in their movies then hong kong followed too and i thought it was cool then my country a developed country too become light polluted now as an adult i realise no stars in my country skies,we need this darkness night should feel like night so we will calm with darkness less stress,damn video show LV With all that artificial light almost 100 % lighted,darkness at night can make us happier less stress
Great documentary, thanks
a lot of light is AWUFUL much better dimmer warm light enough to see where u walk..you wont be reading on a gas stations..theylook AWFUL
I'm a total nerd for this stuff. The milky way and stars remind me of God. I hope when I die, I can make it to Heaven and God will let me travel through space.
really amazing...
I'm sad as what we humans have done.
Not all of us. Just the stupid, the ignorant, the giggling nihilists, and the narcissists.
OK I love this doc but I need to point out that sometimes I need to really focus on what they he is saying because of music.
I have been closely observing the night sky from 1965 till Aug 2021 from a dedicated spot at the same time for 3 to 4 hours average & snapped every frame …..day by day all dazzling sky stars & constellations are being fading away & dissolving in the strong light of lights. In addition entire area trees vanished, apartments & their lighting, street lighting eating the sky directly. No solution
We are living in the jungle, the majority, and certainly not our gov care about the command good.
The common good*
The commanders command and commandeer just fine for the elite.
When I was a kid the night sky was black with Stars always able to find the Big dipper and little dipprer now the sky is purple and My kids have never seen stars
" Turbulent Indigo " J.M.
We can fix this for now...
A trip to the planetarium maybe?
" In Exxon blue and radiation rose " J.M.
Where are the wise men when we need them?
I hate light pollution but love the moon.
Had a friend that used to say:
' Be careful what you hate because that's what you become '
Excellent documentary! Thank you for sharing this! Is it possible to provide this documentary with subtitles in Dutch? Greetings from Belgium. Clear Skies!
Great work, Sriram!
this made me cry like a baby
Better than those bright lights doing it ;)
@@petemavus2948 Facts😁
I love darkness 🖤
its on my list lol see the milkyway im from europe i have to travel overseas for it.. im waiting for the right time :D
I have wood blinds and I got blackout curtains, not too expensive, It is dark in bedroom if I want even during the day. Cheap lighting is good news, maybe some more colour lighting in parks instead of always bright light could be interesting. I think we can make it through this crisis, You could move to the country side for dark nights
It'd be amazing to have a view of earth in space as the surface progressed in lighting the planet. To see it spider out and grow would be awesome
what we do to all other living things is catastrophic how is this even permissible for a second ??????
Heaven only knows?
And you move from the city to where we've lived our entire lives, perhaps even multiple generations.
And you build your monument to wealth
Looking down upon us simple folk
Realize
You
Are part of OUR destain
Turn down the background music, it is way too loud
I live in an area on the world that has the most light pollution anywhere. It's the netherlands. On a map of the night you cannot even see the country because it's one big light. Really fucked. I hate it so much. Never have seen the Milky Way like I want to.
Join IDA maybe?
3000K has way too much blue, and should not be used. Exceptional 2200K LED streetlighting exists with exceptional color rendition, efficacy and efficiency. LED technology advances quickly. Use technology from manufacturers who actually care about the environment. Don't let your municipality purchase sliding from manufacturers who are trying to get rid of their old crap.
They sell out to the lowest bidders meanwhile pay through the nose on the taxpayers dime?
And the 1 percent pay no taxes and trash and burn the most?
If I get on a boat and go into the Gulf, how far out would I need to go 😩☄⭐
Look up Bortle Scale map. You will be able to see how far light pollution goes out. I usually go out about an hour an a half to get away from light pollution to capture some Milky Way shots to about a Bortle 2 or 3. The lower the number the darker it gets.
@@IronSaiyan7 Thank you
Wow I'm both impressed and saddened
is this the official video or you took it from somewhere brother if yes then from where did you take it from please leave a link in the reply or just simply tell!!
I've yet to see the Milky Way, having grown up in Central Florida. I actually thought photos of the milky way visible in the sky were all photoshopped until I was about 20. I am dying to visit a patch of total darkness during a clear new moon.
The Great Blackout of 2003 frightened millions of urbanites. Emergency calls came in about lights in the sky and an evil hazy cloud of light.
they thought it was aliens lmao sad@@RideAcrossTheRiver
0:35
Orrr if the Power goes Out in an Entire City