Did you rise up early last Wednesday a.m. for the eclipse? I did, and was freshly grateful for my new eyes, installed to replace the cataracts in the old ones late summer. I not only saw the shadow pass across the moon, making it yellow orange, after it had cast a startling white light the previous evening. More startling even, the number of stars visible. In spite of the light spill from the Coohey trail across the river.
That evening I went to my front door and watched the big pizza pie rise up through the trees across the park be dramatically overtaken by a low-hanging cloud, which it lit magnificently from behind.
When that dissipated, I turned on Netflix and found a documentary called The City Dark which describes the extent of light pollution now that almost half the world's people live in cities. It is worth a look-see because shows how we have affected the night, how lack of it affects and the animals around us. Too, it gives valuable suggestions on how protect the dark.
A critical eye can see that animal or natural phenomenon humans find disturbing, dangerous, ugly, unnecessary, worthless, superfluous, or inconvenient is endangered and probably needs to be reconsidered.
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