8/23/2023 0 Comments Nevada skies moods not workingLight pollution affects our environment, our safety, our energy consumption and pocketbooks, and ultimately, our health. Although this plea appeals to our emotional and nostalgic sensibilities, there is more to it than just the feeling of awe we get when we look at a dark night sky teeming with stars. Our children are growing up having never seen a truly dark sky and even some adults have never seen the Milky Way. Now, only 150 years later, nearly 80% of the world lives under some type of light pollution. On March 18, 2019, Massacre Rim WSA was certified as the 7th International Dark Sky Sanctuary in the world!īefore the Industrial Revolution, celestial navigation ruled and nearly everyone could look up at night and see the bright expanse of the Milky Way.
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